Philosophy - December 2006

I need to write a term paper that deals with Kant's moral theory in some way.

I understand Kant just fine, but what I need are ideas for what to write about-- it's ten pages long. Should I compare Kant's ethics to the ethics of another early modern philosopher, like Hume or Spinoza?

Should I compare Kantian ethics to other aspects of his philosophy?

I'm no good at coming up with topics for philosophy papers.

2006-12-10 11:42:57 · 6 answers · asked by James C 3

2006-12-10 11:15:53 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it true,,that so often times it happens that we live our lives in chaines and we never even know we have the key?

2006-12-10 11:03:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

does it make us hate our sef more, when we cannot fill an emptyness.

2006-12-10 10:45:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

lemme try and follow the logic behind this: questions are either rhetorical or sincere, if sincere that would mean the asker doesnt know the answer, so the premise behind this entire forum is for people to pick the answer they wanna hear. (i hear the columns falling already...) LOL!! sounds just like the world i live in.

2006-12-10 10:38:01 · 9 answers · asked by metroactus 4

2006-12-10 10:29:34 · 13 answers · asked by metroactus 4

2006-12-10 10:23:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i personnally would like to be remembered as very funny, compassionate and intelligent, how about u?

2006-12-10 10:22:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

A rough search shows this coming up about 50 times in a month.
Say 500 times a year to be conservative
Is there anyway to knock this on the head?
Is it proof of the eastern view of a cyclic universe?
Has anyone yet tried the line of the bowl of petunias? "Oh no, not again."

Have fun! Your wildest quotes and ideas for the 10.

A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation." -- Stephen Crane

2006-12-10 10:16:38 · 8 answers · asked by Pedestal 42 7

2006-12-10 10:14:57 · 8 answers · asked by Phillip 4

"I" am every thought.
"I" am nothing.
"I" am infinity.
"I" am the infinity of nothing and the nothingness of infinity.
"I" am
"I" think
"I"
Who am "I"?

2006-12-10 10:08:36 · 47 answers · asked by plop 3

2006-12-10 09:59:04 · 11 answers · asked by ampomah e 1

Herakleitos wrote "war is the king and father of all". Did societies and institutions of any sort developed or evolved in response to the stimulus of war. Could one argue that the positive effects of war outweighed the negative effects, or not?

2006-12-10 09:44:47 · 3 answers · asked by Monica 1

I'm looking for a books or books that provide a good introduction to contemporary philosophy (20th century) Something that would cover major figures like Heidegger and Wittgenstein without getting overly technical. Any recommendations?

2006-12-10 09:36:48 · 5 answers · asked by Underground Man 6

Regards to Philosophy

2006-12-10 09:34:46 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am really struggling with my philosophy class. Can someone help answer these questions or help me to start thinking on how to answer them? I have a lot more that I need help on, so please help if you can.Thanks.

>How, according to Roderick Chisholm, can people be free? Cite two potential problems for Chisholm’s account. Are there adequate responses to these objections?
>Imagine the following situation. In a given society, if everyone follows a set of rules, S, a very small minority of people must work in mines to supply energy to the majority. The conditions of these workers are horrible, and nothing can be done to make them better—short of permitting them not to work in the mines. They are, by any account, very badly off. But everyone else does very well—overall, people lead very good lives. Indeed, overall, people could not do better than follow this set of rules. Would the rule-utilitarian hold that these people should follow S? How about the contractualist? Why or why not?

2006-12-10 09:34:21 · 3 answers · asked by Ashley 2

Chaos, Keep It Coming!
By Heather Ryphemi Stregay

Can you imagine how life would be
If there were no entropy?
Or, making matters even worse,
The law of entropy were reversed?
Books would get straighter on their shelves,
And children's rooms would clean themselves!
And every rock or stick or tree
Would form a crystal, perfectly.
There'd be no anarchy or war
For everyone would know the score.
Every thing and every face
Would have its certain time and place.
Replacing every beach would pass
An endless stretch of flawless glass.
The sea would be the brightest blue,
And every day the sky would too.
How beautiful would be our world
If order did command it.
If all were straight and never curled:
Perhaps we should demand it.
You'd think a world sans entropy
Would be a lovely place to be.
I said this recently myself,
As all my books fell off their shelf.
Yet pondering this ordered bliss,
I noticed things that I would miss,
Like rolling waves upon the sea,
Or sugar for my morning tea:
The sugar won't dissolve, it's true,
That ant-entropy holds like glue.
And after that, I saw with grief,
There'd be no fractaled maple leaf:
No beauty in the summer wood,
Should chaos disappear for good.
What a bore, to know each day
Would turn out in the same old way.
If entropy would disappear
There'd be no fortune, fate or luck
And even after many years,
Vegas wouldn't make a buck.

2006-12-10 09:28:28 · 11 answers · asked by pelican 2

i've found that having dreams/wishes/etc hurts if you can't realize them or if they are just not given to you as gifts of God/the Higher Intelligence/YouNameIt

how can I learn to do this efficiently

thanx

2006-12-10 09:18:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-10 09:12:56 · 14 answers · asked by jaunty_mellifluous 3

& you feel no pain

have you ever had to do this or have you embraced this line of reasoning

isn't this something that Buddhism teaches

but can it really make you happier - where do your deepest dreams/hopes/wishes go afterwards

thanx

2006-12-10 09:09:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-10 08:55:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-10 08:32:50 · 23 answers · asked by sk8 4 life 1

2006-12-10 08:15:26 · 16 answers · asked by who_knows 2

One night I laid in bed with these thoughts pacing threw my mind…So I thought Id write them down… Tell me what you honestly think...

I lay…& I linger…linger for the day I'll wake…not ever knowing…wanting to breath…wanting to live, feel, see….see what's in front of me. Not noticing what's further on of me….needing…wanting for more then what is lacking….I achieve, communicate, distribute & wonder what will it convey? What will proceed…I know but with an instant I seem to not care? I sense why? What's the purpose? I suppose we will in no way truly know until it's the end….n all your thoughts n all of your predicaments will just fade away….forgotten & mislaid… then what? What then will we be? What it may be…is what terrifies me….sometimes I think…do I want to identify it? Or would I rather live this bitter world of pit…This day n time…I do not know…but what I display is what I am….how I am…how I feel….I am true….I don't know how to be anything else…but why is it that I don't feel well passable…why do I do the things I do….So many unanswered questions….I will remain n I will fight….until the day comes…were I am gone….with what I require…& what I am….till the day comes….I am…this….why….I hate to marvel…That's just life….I regret so much….If I could go back I would…Each time I shut my eyes before I doze...I try to envision how I would be today…if I had changed my reckless ways...Morning comes…& I open up my eyes…& see what is left…of this soul of mine….

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This writing is not because I am depressed...it's not because I don't understand life...This is my thoughts when I get so much **** built up on me...to were I begin to loose it...it's basically a suicide note...Every now & then I feel this way...But I know it is just a faze...I love to express these feelings....I don't want sympathy answers...All I want is what you think of it....Thank you =]

2006-12-10 08:14:56 · 9 answers · asked by Savanna 2

2006-12-10 08:03:35 · 11 answers · asked by simplyJESSE 2

No sense, makes sense.

2006-12-10 07:59:24 · 12 answers · asked by Panama Jack 4

2006-12-10 07:50:40 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought about it alot and I've realized they never come together... We simple have to choose one or the other in situations throughout out lives. Which one you take, which one you let go?

2006-12-10 07:44:49 · 5 answers · asked by who_knows 2

Just at random?

2006-12-10 07:43:37 · 10 answers · asked by Angie, Raised by Wolves 3

you liked that last one so here another - again I am looking for a type of trait i.e. reliable, unreliable ect

2006-12-10 07:40:51 · 36 answers · asked by AMY 2