Philosophy - July 2007

When your with a group of people and one tries to put their views and judgement on a particular subject matter on the group as a whole and you disagree with what that person is saying to win over the others?Do you speak out, agree or stay silent???

2007-07-15 10:15:24 · 18 answers · asked by Rita 6

(LOL) My previous question did not produce satisfactory results, so I'll reformulate it.

The skill in which a superior statesman (or stateswoman) manages personal reputation will reflect upon "the state of affairs", as Aristotle intimates. It can be thought of as "spin", or management of appearances, stageplay, and so on. The actor asks, "What is beautiful...and to whom is it beautiful?" There is a moral/ethical component, which Machiavelli revisited in a most radical way. To move fast on the political stage requires careful but quick handling of dangerous props in perilous moments. Skills so acquired increase the power of the actor inasmuch as the ruled accept the ethical/practical beauty of seeing (appearance) them exercised. The shadow on personal liberty is cast. Is there any escape from such an Art? Is this Necessity eternal?

2007-07-15 10:14:20 · 1 answers · asked by Baron VonHiggins 7

2007-07-15 10:03:59 · 13 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

If you know someone who is making bad decisions can you make them change or are they even making a bad decision because what is good for you may not be the best for them, and even if it isnt right for them there are people who do wrong, and is it fair to ask them to change or say they are wrong do we have the right to judge them?

2007-07-15 09:55:09 · 11 answers · asked by Me 3

That way what they believe will have taken place
And we'll give it to everybody who has some faith.

2007-07-15 09:43:12 · 6 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

Whatever that means,huh?!
I am 41,soon to be 42,and do not...
my kids think I am ancient,however;)

2007-07-15 09:40:16 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think if I die right now, the world will stop having problems because I won't be around.

The world don't need me, and I don't need the world.

Just take one second and look at all the problems in the world, just look at it. I really do think my death will solve the world problems. This world is going under, and I don't want to be a part of it.

So when I am not busy, I am going to go on to heaven and be with God, and maybe he will see what type of world he created.
I will tell God all the problems in the world, and maybe he will send everyone to heaven.

2007-07-15 08:22:00 · 24 answers · asked by D.J 5

2007-07-15 08:17:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know mine is. PIMPIN!!!

and you?

2007-07-15 08:12:34 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

From Discipline & Punish (1975).

2007-07-15 08:11:24 · 2 answers · asked by newcitykitty 2

If so, what was that reason.

2007-07-15 08:08:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

benefits?

2007-07-15 08:02:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 07:10:07 · 7 answers · asked by Narendra 2

2007-07-15 06:49:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, Aspasia's relation to Pericles. Freedom as such becoming scrutable by upholding, justifying, one's reputation from the perspective of both below and above, inside (polis) and outside (cosmo-polis) oneself.

2007-07-15 06:47:19 · 4 answers · asked by Baron VonHiggins 7

Given that more than 80% of the world's population never sees the inside of a post-secondary institute, what would be the reason to believe most parents. That would mean that most parents are uneducated.

2007-07-15 06:42:54 · 14 answers · asked by guru 7

I've spent much time in my life pondering. But as of late, I feel highly irreverent to what may be going on in the universe. Am I just on vacation, getting smarter, or getting dumber?

2007-07-15 06:42:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are the most important things in life in terms of universal values applicable at all times to all humans?

1) at all times: in the past, at the present, in the future

2) to all humans: different cultures, different genders. different religious background

3) under all circumstances: among members of a family, in work setting between nations

Bear in mind that I am asking for universal values not universal code of conduct as some of the ten commandments which are universal enough.

Please sustent your answer. Don't respond only by saying "trust, compassion and honesty". Include a reason with your answer and why you think are universal (at least the source). For example "Self Respect" because once a person has self-respect, the person's dignity will never be lessened. Self-Respect is the core of all religious and philosophical thoughts. For this, Confucius said: "Do not be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about you not appreciating others"

2007-07-15 06:33:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

And then its sunny when i go to work!!!!! does any one else have this problem!

2007-07-15 06:32:18 · 14 answers · asked by Sarah Kate 3

How do you decide what is right and what is wrong? What is the standard that you use to determine the rightness or wrongness of a thing?

2007-07-15 06:32:01 · 15 answers · asked by guru 7

What are the most important things in life in terms of universal values applicable at all times to all humans?

1) at all times: in the past, at the present, in the future

2) to all humans: different cultures, different genders. different religious background

3) under all circumstances: among members of a family, in work setting between nations

Bear in mind that I am asking for universal values not universal code of conduct as some of the ten commandments which are universal enough.

Please sustent your answer. Don't respond only by saying "trust, compassion and honesty". Include a reason with your answer and why you think are universal (at least the source). For example "Self Respect" because once a person has self-respect, the person's dignity will never be lessened. Self-Respect is the core of all religious and philosophical thoughts. For this, Confucius said: "Do not be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about you not appreciating others"

2007-07-15 06:29:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ghandi gave to his grandson a list of what he felt were the 7 blunders of the world...here they are:

Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle

Got anything to add?

2007-07-15 06:28:22 · 9 answers · asked by Isis 4

According to probability, the chances of flipping a coin and it turning up heads is a 50/50 chance. But, if I somehow could control all the conditions that affect the flip and made sure they were the same each time, wouldn't heads keep coming up? So, isn't probability just another name for human error?

2007-07-15 06:13:31 · 6 answers · asked by Dr. Psychosis 4

Hating Hate Laws ?

The logic of hate laws, is to further divide and promote division in our communities.

After spending some 20 years researching 'truth paradigms' it was discovered that there exists a negative side to truth that may be in fact the 'original sin' from the garden of eden.

The Light: The Rainbow of Truth.
http://www.thejesuschristcode.com

The newest truth about Truth lies in the truth that Truth can lie. c.s.

Like the deceptive half-truths, "Stop violence against women" that polarizes the sexes, (this model ignores all other forms of abuse, and totally ignores all men and children), we must be careful about a hidden chaos agenda.


Racism, even its mention further divides the community because it too is a half-truth, for it ignores the abuse and hatred of people within the same race.

A truth might set us free !!

Why not promote the positive including prevention ?

Caesar J. B. Squitti

2007-07-15 06:12:18 · 5 answers · asked by Caesar J. B. Squitti 1

2007-07-15 06:07:53 · 17 answers · asked by ... 3

are there any famous or accomplished people that fit this philosophy? or any characters in books. thanks

2007-07-15 05:58:54 · 6 answers · asked by Cassandra C 1

I'm there now, with the sole exception of MIL threatening to move to Scotland.

YEAH!!

2007-07-15 05:50:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know there are trusts and funds for people in poverty, but they're not able to do enough, do you think the money donated to saving animals such as the rhino, panda etc. would be better utilized if donated to a fund for human lives. I mean, are animals more important than humans? would the world end if the panda or the rhino went extinct?

Arent we the most important species on the planet. Its not like we eat all the animals we save, so its not that we're trying to repopulate the food source so we wont starve.

doesnt this saying ring true

'save yourself or you wont be able to save others'

WHAT SHOULD COME FIRST, COMPASSION FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS???

2007-07-15 05:32:07 · 17 answers · asked by Rastafarianhobo 4

The onlly time it seems people care about the world is after great sorrow or disters. We fight wars over sea while are own children starve in poverty and the sencless plight of the working man.God did not entend this. Everything has become about money, not human evelution. What will stop this curse of blindness and lead to a better future for mankind.

2007-07-15 05:25:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

If philosophy also provides a guide to how one ought to live one's life (ethics), what are the things that one should never do?

2007-07-15 05:23:22 · 8 answers · asked by guru 7