Philosophy - April 2007

I will extend this question to the most unquestioned norms of society: murder, rape, polygamy, heroine usage, etc... I agree that these are things that many of us feel uncomfortable with and do not like. But just because someone else likes them and you dont, does that make that person wrong and crazy? Can't I like mushrooms and you don't, without me being crazy? Cant we just agree to disagree?

2007-04-26 20:15:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If life is "not all about me," which implies it's not "all about you," either, then why does no one I've ever met actually "show" that it's "all about us" in their day-today existence?
Even the most wisest person on the planet acted "selfish" more than a few times.
Is this not "hypocritical?"

2007-04-26 19:50:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

to me the key of life is having a job you can tolerate without going home bitter everyday until you retire. having a spouse/girlfriend that you can love and tolerate forever and to not be in debt....that may sound simple but i don't think it is. thats mines. what is yours?

2007-04-26 19:31:26 · 20 answers · asked by djphillovesyou 2

Just because it is taught, certainly doesn't mean it is true. Can a Human brain not conceive that light can't possibly have a beginning. The truth is right in front of all of us. Light certainly doesn't need a human voice. Its already here there and everywhere. How can it be precluded? WHAT, could preclude it?

2007-04-26 19:14:33 · 2 answers · asked by itsthehold 1

The word America describes more than one country. Is this a minority opinion? How come everybody skips the misnomer?

2007-04-26 19:06:45 · 9 answers · asked by whatsafish 1

2007-04-26 19:04:59 · 2 answers · asked by Nanor M 1

It is absolutely impossible to name anything with out a name or label, because if you did, you will be naming that and passively giving it a name/label. This is the challenge, the human mind's capabilities is limitless. Therefore it is still possible to produce an answer. So tell me, I would beg and cry to know the answer to this!

2007-04-26 18:39:21 · 7 answers · asked by Aga 2

2007-04-26 18:30:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-26 18:26:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How important are these qualities in terms of prioritizing? These are personal qualities of yours that you would rate 1-6 in terms of how important they are in your life.

a-Sense of purpose in life
b-Attention from the opposite sex
c-Financial wealth
d-Being a positive role model
e-Popularity
f-Lasting love

(This is my girlfriend Kates list for an example)
1-a
2-f
3-d
4-e
5-c
6-b

Why do I ask? I'm just curious and a little bored.

2007-04-26 18:00:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Morality, is it a good or a bad thing?

For example:
It is not moral to steal. However it is moral to steal to feed a starving family.
It is not moral to kill. However it is moral to kill if it is protect your children.
It is not moral to do harm. However it is moral to not prevent harm, in the case of a mugging or alike.

Morality when examined truthfully and unbiasedly seems to be completely subjective to the situation and circumstances.

This then begs the question, Is morality a good thing since it is so subjective? Can the argument not be made that morality is dangerous due to the nature of its subjectivity?

A better system would seem to be an honour based system. Honour based systems are based on strict rules, if it is not honourable to kill it is not honourable to kill under any circumstances. Moreover an honour based system can be made with caveats for curtain rules which clearly define the boundaries for the exception to the rule i.e. it is not honourable to kill under any circumstances except under the circumstance where the ‘victim’ is posing a defined and immediate threat to the lives of those within the household. This provides for a clearly defined set of parameters and there can be no argument about it, either it was or was not honourable.

So my question is, Are morals a good thing, have they outlived their usefulness or so they still have an important function to play?

Please explain your thoughts.

Serious answers only please.

Thanks.

2007-04-26 17:54:44 · 11 answers · asked by Arthur N 4

I was raised very religious- my father's a minister- and was taught to believe that life is meaningless without God and that he is our only hope for salvation. As I grew out of that mold and came into my own vaguely deist/agnostic belief system, it was hard for me to shake the whole "meaninglessness of life" bit, because it's so hard to disprove. Therefore, I've been more or less existentialist for the last few years, believing that life is meaningless but we can still enjoy it. However, whenever I'm feeling tired or down or bored, I begin to slip into a dark, unforgiving atheist nihilism- I have no soul, no conscience, no purpose. It's really hard for me to get out of that rut whenever I'm in it, because I won't listen to any argument at all.

So, although I'm not in that mood right now, I'd like to have something to look back on. Can someone please disprove or weaken nihilism so that I can look at this and cheer up a little? Convince me that we are more than cosmic accidents.

2007-04-26 17:52:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wasn't the story of how "Christ" was executed on a "trumped-up charge" the epitomy of an "anti-death-penalty" lesson?!?

2007-04-26 17:47:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-26 17:14:07 · 10 answers · asked by Yehey, Yahoo! 2

What do u think the human eace shall evlove into next? This is for you darwin believers. I mean if we supposedly "evolved" from primates, what is the next step in our evolution?

2007-04-26 17:02:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

We "DO" know that there is a Paris, France, even if we've never been there.
We "DO NOT" know if there is a "Creator."
Who is being more "truthful?"

2007-04-26 16:51:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Too, too much has happened. Ii am not sure anything would help. i would like to do some good deeds. just don't see much hope for anybody, myself and my grown children. i cannot see anything good coming of all this asphalt parking lot and plastic toys r us facilities spreading like a virus. humankind looks too much like a spreading fungus or bateria infection and there is always an inevitable die-off coming. my culture and tribe is broken or noexistant. i think it is like planet of the apes plot but worse. Are we just a bad infection that needs a spray treatment like the slime on the side of your house or aroundthe bathroom fixtures. Just monkeys and apes that got out of hand. Would God see it is time for a big die off?

2007-04-26 16:35:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-26 16:24:16 · 4 answers · asked by kromkram 1

What would you need that as soon as you had gotten or achieved it, you would be able to die in peace, age aside.

2007-04-26 16:22:24 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Every legal system, government system, ideal or religion can be perfect however the people who implementing it or in control is the one who is flaw. E.g. communism, it a perfect system if the one who is in control really work for the society however look what happen to Russia and China, a group of selfish people exploiting the pooor. Religion, if use for the better of society, can save millions of souls however if use for the worse like incitment of religious war could cause death of millions too. Too many religious leader involve in politic that they should not such as the Pope and the Buddhism leader in Taiwan. Whatever perfect ideals, religion, system will always be tinted as the human who use them is flaw themselves already.
This is show in the movie of Minority Report by Tom Cruise and in real life of how religion can be misuse, ideal can be misuse, law can be misuse etc.

2007-04-26 16:12:39 · 6 answers · asked by lakaria_2000 5

2007-04-26 16:01:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

The soul of a human has a location and was placed there for a reason by the Creator.

If you can give documentation please do, if not ask me and I will tell you where to find the documented answer and location of the human soul.

2007-04-26 15:41:29 · 22 answers · asked by The News...Daniel 2

2007-04-26 15:31:25 · 19 answers · asked by brothersgirl2 1

This is similar to the old 'If a tree falls in the forest' question. If humans or all sentient beings were to die, would the earth still exist? Does anything exist beyond perception? If so, can it be proven?

2007-04-26 15:16:06 · 10 answers · asked by Trevyn 2

The worst love is the love never had nor tried

2007-04-26 15:10:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you could turn back time, how would you do things differently about professional life, family life, love life, etc in a way that builds happiness and fulfillment? or maybe you look back fondly at what you did do?

what advice would you give to someone in the late 20s that wants to live a long healthy and happy life?

2007-04-26 14:55:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-26 14:53:49 · 7 answers · asked by maconsolviaa 5

or we only get it in the END?

2007-04-26 14:43:38 · 20 answers · asked by enki 4

Agape- God's unconditional love
Eros- romantic love between a husband and a wife
Phileo- brotherly love between friends
Storge- natural love between a parent and a child

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

Is this agape, eros, phileo, or storge? Is it all of them?

2007-04-26 14:35:56 · 5 answers · asked by User 6

My friend got this assignment to write a philosophical essay on this topic. She's saying that it's better to be right because denying the truth would be selfish. I think there are certain situations where it's ok to be happy, even if it means not acknowledging the elephant in the room. What do you think?

2007-04-26 14:31:04 · 38 answers · asked by crazy_lil_penguin 2