Philosophy - September 2007

Many of the questions on happiness prompt this question.

If we do as we want, if we pursue happiness, this is often in conflict what we believe we should do. That is, what we want to do and what we should do can be in conflict.

Or, if you do what you should do, can you accomplish happiness?

2007-09-10 17:09:09 · 11 answers · asked by guru 7

A sibling who tries to touch your private parts, and sometimes does, and sometimes only act like it, and makes lot's of sexual comments towards you that make you feel very uncomfortable. and does this quite often.

2007-09-10 17:06:30 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Was Socrates a Sophist?

2007-09-10 16:57:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ayn Rand once stated that early in her philosophical career, she admired the existential ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche. But she soon began to diverge from his ideas when she postulated the importance of reason over Nietzsche's reckless adherence to passion. While she did recognize ambitions and innate emotions as intuitive indicators of one's values, she regarded our conscious reasoning skills and logic as being more reliable.

So my question is, in your humble opinion, is it better to live life with the blind existential passion proclaimed by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus and others, much like a Byronic hero? Or is it better live, while still ambitiously, with calculating reason and with reverence for values that are not necessarily and wholly subjective, as in Rand's Objectivism?

2007-09-10 16:23:09 · 29 answers · asked by Smokey 2

2007-09-10 16:00:12 · 11 answers · asked by someone 5

We seem to be able to draw meaning from anything if we try hard enough. Why?

2007-09-10 15:58:47 · 9 answers · asked by zingis 6

2007-09-10 15:54:17 · 20 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6

2007-09-10 15:53:12 · 26 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6

Anything ranging from freedom to live in your own apartment, freedom to have relationships at a young age etc... Thanks. :)

2007-09-10 15:45:40 · 10 answers · asked by UnspokenShadow 7

What are your thoughts on lust??
{aside from the exciting FUN feeling/experiences one gets every now and then lol :o)

2007-09-10 15:45:24 · 1 answers · asked by deirdrefaith 4

Do those that are cruel in life pay for what they do??

2007-09-10 15:37:19 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

If that is not what priceless means, just what does it mean?

2007-09-10 15:28:49 · 13 answers · asked by zingis 6

dO yOU tHiNk hUMAN bEiNgS aRE iNhERENtLy // NAtURALLy gOOd .. oR EViL? iN a WORLd WiTh nO gOV't oR LAWS, RULEs, && sO oN, WhiCh dO yOU tHiNk WOULd bE MORE LikELy? pEOPLE hELPiNg EACh otHER OUt oR pEOPLE WORkiNg ONLy fOR tHEiR OWN gAiN? My OPiNiON iS tHAt WhiLE WE aLL hOPE tHAt WE COULd hAVE tHE CAPACiTy iN tHAt SitUAtiON tO bE gOOd && tO hELP OtHERS RAtHER tHAN fOCUS ONLy oN pERSONaL gAiN, wE ARE aLL StiLL ESSENtiALLy ANiMALs WhOSe iNStiNCtS WiLL ALWAyS bE "SURViVaL Of tHE FiTTESt", && @ tHE ENd oF tHE DAy, wE aS hUMANs wOULd REALiZE, oR cOME tO tHE CONCLUSiON [[REgARdLESS oF WhEtHER iT's WRONg oR RiGHt]] tHAt bEiNg SELFiSh gEtS yOU fARtHER tHAN hELPiNg OtHERs iN yUR pROCESS. sO, WhAt dO yOU aLL tHiNk??

[[and for those of you ignorant idiots who are going to "answer" this question, not with a relevant opinion, but with a stupid comment on how "annoying" the way i type is :: ShUt tHE EFF uP! do you not have anything better to do than to criticize my typing? get an effin' life.]]

2007-09-10 15:13:17 · 9 answers · asked by ♥_mrs.smith 4

seeking out the unknowns and expanding our knowledge, understanding & developing ourselves in the process.

Yes, I totally admit I am a old Trekkie. But this is a futurist Q asked in the philosophy category. So be nice and share by answering the Q.

2007-09-10 14:55:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even though I have had a rather interesting life I cant help but to feel as if my life is rather dull. Perhaps this is because being raised in this generation I compare myself with things I have seen in the movies and on the television.

2007-09-10 14:49:59 · 17 answers · asked by Bern_CH 5

All illness or Dis Ease is caused by resistance or contradictory thinking, contradictory to what your desires are.
Your mind (non-physical self is trying to tell you that you are going in the wrong direction to achieve your preference.

2007-09-10 14:41:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-10 14:39:19 · 3 answers · asked by INDO 1

I was wondering with all the living people with organ problems, Shouldn't the organs of people who passed away be taken out and inserted into those who need them. I mean the dead have no use for them after all. Why not just remove them?
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2007-09-10 14:35:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Be creative. Put anything besides the dictionary definition. Use whatever metaphors, stories, or whatever you want to convey your message!

I had to write that in my english journal on friday- i'm curious to see what other people put.

2007-09-10 14:27:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-10 14:25:49 · 51 answers · asked by hjpollock 2

I was watching the movie Pay It Forward last night and it got me thinking. Why is it that we as adults are able to dream, to envisage a higher virtue but are unable to follow through? Why are we able to have visions of higher virtues but are unable to attain them? Is this not just another form of immaturity, one experienced in adulthood rather than childhood?

We believe that when we 'grow up' that we have attained a form of maturity, we have gained as if by magic a form of being that allows us to be better than we were in childhood. However if we walk by a homeless person without even a thought, if we do nothing in times of tyrants and bullies, if we look only for our own interests are we not just as immature as children? Are we not just as given to hoarding our own and 'picking up our ball and going home' when things do not go our own way?

Is not the maturity of adulthood just a comfortable lie that we tell ourselves because we do not wish to see the truth, a sign of immaturity in itself?

So my question is, given that we are who we are and the we are what we are, are we not just as immature as when we were children, is maturity not gain through sacrifice and hard times and not given freely by age? And therefore cannot a child who has experienced more than an adult be more mature? If this is true why do we lie to ourselves?

Please explain your reasoning.

Thanks.

2007-09-10 14:10:20 · 10 answers · asked by Arthur N 4

What are some *life is like a...* sayings. I know the common ones...box of chcolates, coin, etc etc etc. Give me orignal peple! Or just give me a really long list :)

2007-09-10 14:09:04 · 18 answers · asked by Angelina rose 2

2007-09-10 13:51:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-10 13:40:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-10 13:39:28 · 21 answers · asked by Rita 6

extreminate the soul do you agree??

2007-09-10 13:26:11 · 24 answers · asked by Rita 6

2007-09-10 13:23:03 · 18 answers · asked by Rita 6

2007-09-10 13:17:08 · 5 answers · asked by Qweemawva Anzorla Qwartoon (Male) 3

2007-09-10 13:14:09 · 18 answers · asked by >_> 4

Describe humans by nature!
For example, Humans are good-hearted by nature. Humans are also social by nature. Tell me more! For example, do u think humans are aggressive by nature? what about Superficial by nature? Give me ur opinion!! Thnxs

2007-09-10 13:06:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous