Philosophy - December 2006

since when did the figure <3 become the standard form of the heart? im not just saying through the keyboard keys '<' and '3'. im talking about a valentines day heart or love. is it just because it look 'nicer' than the acctual heart? if so, why that figure and not something else?

2006-12-18 16:53:12 · 7 answers · asked by mOnKEymAn 2

There is a book on the rules of happiness? If there is, tell me where! I really want one!

2006-12-18 16:29:10 · 14 answers · asked by hmw95 3

Why the F*** do they just walk out in the road and stare as you plow into them? maybe they're checking out on purpose?

"ready Louis..on the count of three we go, there's no turning back now, here come the lights...looks like a jeep...jeep cheeroke."

2006-12-18 16:27:40 · 15 answers · asked by kikumatsu 2

2006-12-18 16:21:39 · 17 answers · asked by ruby 4

And one wod only.

2006-12-18 15:39:10 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

(P*K)*G
(P*G)>~~E
(EvS)>L /L

2006-12-18 15:34:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Beautiful faces, places, paintings..
Who gave the measurenments & rules of beauty?
Why do we say something is beautiful? where did we judge that from? We all have different opinions, but in a human's brain, what made beautiful beautiful? and ugly ugly?
Was beauty given certain rules a very long time ago by someone shallow? Can't everything be beautiful to one's eyes? or are we programmed to measure with scales inside our mind that other people in the past have programmed inside out head? Is Beauty just a theory?

2006-12-18 15:17:52 · 18 answers · asked by CupCake 3

2006-12-18 14:59:18 · 30 answers · asked by Tony Z 3

Without using religious arguments, describe the prohibition of same-sex unions as a moral issue. Provide a philosopher (Mill, Kant, Aristotle, Ross, Rawls, Baxter) whose theory provides an insight into this as a moral issue and discuss their answer to the questions of same-sex unions. Are they moral or immoral? Why or why not?

2006-12-18 14:37:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now... by using the word "idea" in my question - I kind of give away my stance on this issue. Personally, I would say love originates in the mind - whether you are conscious or unconscious of it. Where the whole "heart" correlation came from, I don't know... historical writings or poems + a metaphor of "the essence of life", perhaps?

So why is the heart referenced in "love" soo often if it is physiologically incapable of processing such emotion? riddle me THAT...

2006-12-18 14:37:14 · 12 answers · asked by Steve S 1

There are thousands of reports of god healing all sorts of mallidies through his power, but none of them involve people growing back limbs. He does say he will answer prayrs, so I am pretty sure that at some point, somebody asked him to give them back a leg, or an arm, or something....

2006-12-18 14:29:19 · 17 answers · asked by jaywalkingjorn 2

Compare the moral requirement for zero population growth to the moral requirement for respect for human life. Which moral requirement is stronger (which one wins) and why?

2006-12-18 14:28:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-18 14:19:32 · 14 answers · asked by simplyJESSE 2

Can a father or mother do that to their own child.... burn him to eternal pain.. just because the child disobeyed him/her?

2006-12-18 14:10:31 · 21 answers · asked by Amazo 2

2006-12-18 14:06:23 · 18 answers · asked by Amazo 2

Truth in nature, or is it the truth you see for your very eyes?

2006-12-18 13:43:32 · 19 answers · asked by Passion 3

2006-12-18 13:40:54 · 15 answers · asked by Michael A 1

A woman is in great distress because of the illness of her child. She prays to God to heal her. Another woman is in great distress because she did not receive from her husband that new Mercedes. She prays to God to change his mind. Both are in actual emotional pain. Let's assume a God who is aware of human suffering. Does God ignore some human suffering? Let's extend this to prayer. Are some sincere prayers not even heard by God? ie, "dear God, I'm hungry, please help!"...."dear God, please help me win the ball game!"

2006-12-18 13:36:13 · 8 answers · asked by quidproquo888 3

What is meant by summum bonum in Pierce's A SYSTEMATIC PRESENTATION of PIERCES ETHICS?

2006-12-18 13:18:12 · 3 answers · asked by ihaveahugecrush 2

All I see is :"What if God THIS..." and "What if God THAT.." and "IS there a God?". And all this is in the Philosophy section...

What's up with that?

2006-12-18 13:13:04 · 20 answers · asked by chatting_za 2

(i would say that is question is a total opinion)

2006-12-18 13:12:54 · 13 answers · asked by Weird 1

If you really think about it, is it a choice?

2006-12-18 12:58:45 · 34 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7

2006-12-18 12:34:21 · 17 answers · asked by bryan_56th 1

If yes, how long do we have, and why do you believe it to be so?

2006-12-18 12:31:10 · 18 answers · asked by 2Bs 3

2006-12-18 12:19:40 · 19 answers · asked by John 2

Wouldn't the victim(s) from each incident be biased? Who makes that decision which is "worse"?

2006-12-18 12:12:21 · 7 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7

Question from Fyodor Dostoevsky, an existential philosopher.

Do you think that God existed and created man, the world, etc?
Or do you think that man created God (or other higher being) to have a reason to live and to be reassured with an afterlife?

2006-12-18 12:07:38 · 23 answers · asked by toxicPoison 4

2006-12-18 12:06:44 · 13 answers · asked by enki 4

2006-12-18 12:02:03 · 20 answers · asked by blep7901 1

Serious answers please.

2006-12-18 12:01:51 · 7 answers · asked by Passion 3