Philosophy - October 2007

2007-10-08 16:52:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 16:49:39 · 14 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6

2007-10-08 16:47:12 · 8 answers · asked by L'expressif 1

2007-10-08 16:40:22 · 17 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6

This actually WAS the final.

2007-10-08 16:31:22 · 13 answers · asked by Chad C 3

For atheists, how is that possible? Because we are humans, does that make us the moral god? If not then where do moral values come from? If things just came to be then does that mean we can just make up moral values on the fly?

I'm afraid that one day someone will challenge our mind and declares that "he who has the biggest bombs win"! Wait, that is happening already.

2007-10-08 16:28:47 · 14 answers · asked by amalone 5

mine happened this weekend when I had an oppertunity to get very intamante with my girlfreind, but did not take it.

2007-10-08 16:16:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

P.S. Isn't the concept of a ''thing'' illusional since the boundaries inbetween different ''things'' and/or their environment are only defined and conceptualised by our own minds...

2007-10-08 16:16:03 · 6 answers · asked by ns 3

i am agnostic though.

Here it is.

The world is very complicated and delicate. It's incrediblywell-built. What proves that? Science. If you don't believe in that, then watch a couple children's science TV shows.

There is a creator to a complex creation. ALWAYS. It's commonsense. If you don't believe in that, then you don't have any. A building doesn't rise on its own accord. WE build it. Even if the world started as...well...pieces of rock, it is still astonishing how all the incidents conspired to eventually create such complex universe.

Then, there should be a might creator who built this world. and you would be as powerful if you can clearly explain what world began with. You can't. because you simply can't explain anything as nothingness. You are NOT smart enough.

What do you say?

PLEASE, be civil. I don't want answers as 'STFU' or anything else. refute it LOGICALLY. I can prove it LOGICALLY. Then, let's see what you'll come up with.

2007-10-08 16:11:43 · 21 answers · asked by sting 4

People from the past were a lot different. I'm in the USA. Why do we change so much over time?

2007-10-08 16:08:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 16:00:16 · 5 answers · asked by lifescircle 5

more than 50% of the population conform its credibility. What if everybody does?

2007-10-08 15:52:42 · 5 answers · asked by sting 4

How does one fully know the absolute limits to one's potentials?

Care to share?

2007-10-08 15:28:55 · 10 answers · asked by shahrizat 4

We all know what Nietzsche was about: abandoning unworldly predicates and suppositions and elevating oneself above the herd via the Will to Power. But that's the thing, practicing Will to Power in its most stripped down and rawest form is nothing short of animalistic, and it rarely brings about positive rewards in our current egalitarian society. If anything it'll land you in jail. No matter how ambitious or passionate an individual may be, there are just some external forces that we incapable of controlling, like the weather or the socio-economic classes we are born into.

What does Nietzsche suggest? Niches, maybe? Finding a field of expertise in which to invest time and energy? A sort of outlet or conduit by which the Will to Power is expressed despite its ineffectiveness in other aspects of one's life?

2007-10-08 15:07:41 · 1 answers · asked by Smokey 2

i need a list of virtues people should live by in your own perfect world

example: Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty

that is from Ben Franklin's The Autobiography, it dosent have to be like that, i just need some ideas

2007-10-08 15:06:40 · 8 answers · asked by . 2

2007-10-08 14:10:13 · 13 answers · asked by Future 5

To start off, this isn't an inflammatory, rhetorical question that intends to start a verbal assault from the atheists, agnostics, etc. on Y!A. That being said...

Atheists are people who don't believe in god(s), and, therefore, don't believe in any kind of "heaven." So, if atheists don't believe in any kind of final reward for a life of good or punishment for a life of evil, how can they have any motivation to be good and productive for the good of humankind?

Why don't they just kill, rape, be gluttons, and indulge in whatever instinctive and primitive pleasures they choose if they don't think there will be any consequences?

Please just answer the question. Don't bring up anything about how religion has caused wars, is the scourge of the World, etc.

2007-10-08 14:06:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-10-08 14:03:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you believe in coincidence or does everything happen for a reason? what was the weirdest thing that ever happened to you that couldn't possibly be a coincidence?

2007-10-08 13:52:15 · 13 answers · asked by ? 3

I asked a question a while ago about our societies responsibility as far as those that we consider to be monstrous, responsibility as far as their creation. Only a few people answered but the majority of them tried to return the blame squarely back to the person. They, it seemed, totally rejected any personal responsibility for anything to do with any action that could have contributed to the creation of those that are considered monstrous.

Why is it that we as a society referrers to shift blame from ourselves, when it is clear that if we have done something or nothing in the formative years we are directly responsible for what results, and place blame on the person by saying that they have free will? Is it not a cheap lie that we tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better and more righteous?

Why do people shift the blame?

Thanks.

2007-10-08 13:51:06 · 7 answers · asked by Arthur N 4

seriously...

2007-10-08 13:47:19 · 6 answers · asked by heytheredelilah2094 2

This question hass bothered me for years, how do I know that what I see as blue isn't what you see as what I see as red but you have just called it blue all your life and don't know the difference?

2007-10-08 13:43:45 · 4 answers · asked by ZZZ is Curiouser and Curiouser 5

Seems like the people who say don't judge others are being judgmental of those who are using level headed discernment. Seems like a fanatical idea of the actual understanding of the meaning of Judgment.

2007-10-08 13:42:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just missed a big opportunity. It was right in front of my nose, but I just didn't see it. How do you get over this feeling. Look past it. How? Remember those days when you set your expectations high, and the you were hit with reality? What did you do? The feeling of excitement and happiness left you. We are all human. I'm sure we experienced this.

2007-10-08 13:36:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In ethics we call this Q, a question about the ego-centric predicament? There will be a follow-up Q in a few days.

2007-10-08 13:04:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 12:20:18 · 13 answers · asked by Matt 2

2007-10-08 11:30:35 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a rough idea...

2007-10-08 11:21:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I for one would say it is as the written word enabled us to pass knowledge on in a way that transends race, culture and more importantly time. The written word makes knowledge immortal, and a good idea is a terrible thing to waste.

2007-10-08 11:20:47 · 5 answers · asked by the_sheik_of_sheet_lightning 3

I am an atheist however I do not feel compelled to spread the truth as I know it to those who do not wish to know it. Should I be spreading the truth to religious people or should I just let them believe in falsehoods?

2007-10-08 10:57:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous