Philosophy - August 2006

2006-08-16 07:34:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

... donated 5% of their total wealth to African causes would it make a differrence and in how far would it help to realize Bono's dream of eradicating poverty in Africa?
And how much would that mean Bono himself would have to donate?
Just wondering like ...

2006-08-16 07:30:53 · 16 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7

If I refer someone I dislike, in private, by a slur that actually applies to their group. EX:Some black man acts like a stereotypical white jerk would, but I call him N-word while making fun of him. Am I simply overcritical, or a racist pig?

2006-08-16 07:19:52 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am writing a list of 100 things to do before I die I only have 40 so far and I want to see what people would put on their list of things to do. It could be places to visit, new things to learn, things to say or do or whatever else you feel you need to do before you die.

2006-08-16 07:16:31 · 13 answers · asked by Sherrie 3

Think about it, why is there reality, and not a nothing. In another words: Why does "something" HAVE TO be, rather than nothing at all. if there is no purpose then there shoud be anything, but clearly there is. So why must something rather than anything exist at all??
Appreciate serious answers.

2006-08-16 07:14:39 · 4 answers · asked by Dominicanus 4

Explain, please, your True/False answer. Where I refer to evil and good, I mean moral evil or moral good, so don't go off on the other senses or uses of the words 'good' and 'evil'.

TWH 08162006

2006-08-16 07:09:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that one man can see the senseless slaughter of innocents for what it is only when someone else is doing it? Is not genocide the systematic elimination or wiping out of an entire race? Such being the case, what is to become of the Race of Man?

2006-08-16 07:08:40 · 5 answers · asked by Rick R 5

2006-08-16 06:57:18 · 7 answers · asked by ? 5

2006-08-16 06:56:18 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

When it comes to what happens you die, I can accept two things:
One, is that your consciousness shuts down, which seems scary but if you think about it you won't be AWARE of it, sort of like before birth.
The other option would be that in some form you are still conscious, whether it be something as silly as floating as a ghost, or racing through the universe as now your consciousness is not behind the wall of our brains (http://www.near-death.com/experiences/judaism03.html is one of the few reports of NDE in which without the brain they were able to understand everything).
What do you think happens? What do you define as the human "conscious", and do you think it simply stops after death, or continues on somehow?
I would like to be conscious in some kind of way, because I do ENJOY being alive...but I've come to accept the fact that if I do just shut down - like I said, there will be no feeling of being sad about it, no worry or pain.
Please no "JUST CONVERT TO (religion)" replies. :)

2006-08-16 06:50:43 · 11 answers · asked by Rebecca 1

I refer to black people as n i g g e r s but I don't mean anything insulting by it? And I don't say it to them, because obviously that's disrespectful.

2006-08-16 06:45:32 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have read several books, and I don't know what to do next. I want to learn to meditate, and I want to have some instruction. Help! Thanks

2006-08-16 06:38:39 · 5 answers · asked by Lottie W 6

what would you change and why?

2006-08-16 06:22:30 · 22 answers · asked by ♥The♥ Bearded Cheerleader 3

No, I’m not wondering, myself. I’ve pretty much got it figured out. What I’m doing here is trying to provoke thought on the subject. Seems simple enough, right? “I make decisions, I have free will.” Well, how do you make your decisions? What factors are involved? Now what determined how those factors were defined? Other factors? What determined how those were defined? Are you making your own decisions? Or were they all made, and set, along with every other incident that has ever or will ever occur, whenever the universe began?

Note that this concept, if properly considered, cannot be used to evade responsibility for one’s actions, as responses, reactions, and consequences for those actions are equally preset.

2006-08-16 06:19:52 · 12 answers · asked by Master Maverick 6

I believe that somewhere in the universe there exists a group of 9 Badgers with the following attributes:

1) They are fluent in every known language, and languages not known to you
2) They each own a fleet of sports-cars
3) They eat 500 bald otters every hour
4) One of them knows I know

Can you prove that this is not true?

2006-08-16 06:12:05 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 06:11:21 · 23 answers · asked by good guy 1

Or do all people who believe in past lives think they were someone cool and/or famous in their past life?

2006-08-16 06:10:21 · 3 answers · asked by mikayla_starstuff 5

If you could ask a question to someone and get an a definite answere!
what would that question be and what do you think the answer would be ?>

2006-08-16 05:54:35 · 17 answers · asked by ♥The♥ Bearded Cheerleader 3

peace? spirituality? war? more sex? drugs? what kind of rude awakening is needed for a world that runs like a machine...

2006-08-16 05:39:26 · 23 answers · asked by JonnyQuest66 1

2006-08-16 05:30:39 · 30 answers · asked by Blk Cat 1

What do you think of the Beast in Disney’s 'Beauty and the Beast' turning back into the Prince at the end of the movie? Wasn’t the whole moral of the show about discovering the inner beauty of a person? So when Belle see past the hideousness of the Beast and love him for who he is, she gets rewarded with physical beauty? Frankly I think it is so not right. For example, would you like your pet dog to suddenly turn into a Fabio like stranger? Would you like your dad to turn into Tom Cruise? At least, Shrek got the whole moral thing correct.

But what if the Beast didn’t turn back into the prince? Would it be immoral for Belle to actually marry a Beast and consummate their marriage? Fairy Tales are so screwed up.

2006-08-16 05:24:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

this is related to philosophy

2006-08-16 04:56:23 · 3 answers · asked by la lng 2

With how many people are, stupid, irrisponsible, abusive and just plain not fit to be parents. Wouldnt it be benificial for society if people had to apply to be able to have kids?

2006-08-16 04:36:57 · 31 answers · asked by cottoneyej31 2

2006-08-16 04:24:23 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Somoene 5 minutes ago asked how many beers for her 14 year old 50kg, (roughly 95 lbs) is ok. And another person said that the wilderness ( outdoors, forests etc) is another dimention and was wondering how many of us "knew" that. From completely wacked out theorys to questions that people SHOULD be able to answer themselves, is logic being replaced with complete stupidity?

2006-08-16 04:22:29 · 7 answers · asked by cottoneyej31 2

I would like to read the bible or the koran.....If I had time I would read both, so which one should it be? do I have to flip a coin?

2006-08-16 04:21:50 · 37 answers · asked by mystic_speculator 1

2006-08-16 03:54:18 · 28 answers · asked by A S 3

2006-08-16 03:48:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 03:39:48 · 5 answers · asked by Its..mee again 2

and I know that God doesn't exist accept in the heart and mind of mankind

So, what pigeon hole can I be put into?

Please don't answer if you are religious, this is in the philosophy
section and I know what you will say.

2006-08-16 03:11:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous