2006-06-29 17:12:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Lania:
So I guess we shouldn't worry about providing clean water to the poor in all countries, even though it could prevent as much as 80% of all disease?
2006-06-30 02:58:04 · update #1
well, if something isnt, then you just need 2 decide whether it should be or not. simple.
2006-06-29 17:15:29 · answer #1 · answered by xXBrudu BXx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You proactively walk through a problem-solving method:
1) Identify the "ideal' (how it should be)
2) Identify reality (how it really is now)
3) Brainstorm for ideas/requirements to get from the current state of reality to the idealized state. This will vary from problem to problem. Complete the statement, "What should be done about (insert your problem)?"
4) Pray about what to do
5) Make a decision - project what could go wrong, and if it is worth the risks
6) If you don't like the risks, choose a different action and project the risks
7) Once you find an action that fits your values and looks like a successful way to reach your "ideal," then ACT UPON IT
2006-07-13 09:18:28 · answer #2 · answered by pinkprairiestorm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to really try to center yourself--do some meditation, or just sit in a quiet place, close your eyes, and feel yourself--with your mind, think about each part of your body and what it is doing, where it is, how it feels, etc. Now tell yourself, this is what is!
From there you can begin to look at things for what they are. Be calm, be centered. Much of what is cannot be changed. Some can. And some can be changed by you. Figure out if there is anything that you feel very strongly about that is not as it should be. Then see if there is anything that you can do to change it. (Look at tonight's Ask the Planet
question by Al Gore. He wants to change something from "what is" to "what it should be", and he's asking for help.)
More than anything, though, realize that "what is" is constantly changing. Not much remains static. Enjoy what you can, change what you want to and are able to, a just chill--everything will change before you finish reading this answer. (I live in Michigan--we always say here, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute and it will change." Well, actually, life is like that.)
Be here now! Peace.
2006-06-30 00:28:36 · answer #3 · answered by Joey's Back 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impluse will react much better than thought that will aquire you to spin the situation around a bit and feather your fingers about twiddling inside for something to make out of it, but in the end if the situation is cold you have transposed from Hot to nothing. If the transition is cold to hot then you will definitely climb out of the pool.
2006-07-09 09:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not very hard once you realize that what "should be" only exists in the confines of your own mind-and the rest of the world (for the most part) occupies the land of what "is". We have a family member who has lived life in the land of what "should Be"-that is as he sees it, and not very successfully, I'm afraid, and yet he refuses to see and admit that most of his problems (and they are big ones) comes from refusing to
accept life on it's terms-on what is. I agree with the other person who
stated that it's all about maturity. I mean we can't all stomp our feet in defiance-and stay 12 forever.
2006-06-30 02:09:16 · answer #5 · answered by Lania 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I appreciate your passion, however you need a logic lesson.
What am I talking about?...You made a fallacy of presumption from your question to your supposition that we should provide clean water to people who do not have it.
Look at the link below and bone up on techniques of argument (debate) and learn not to fall into traps and learn not to unwittingly create traps in logic.
Rock and roll
2006-07-13 12:15:03 · answer #6 · answered by Crozzlow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophers have been trying to answer that question for millenia. The leap from 'ought' to 'is' is impossible to prove logically or empirically. Every person must decide for themself what 'is' means and how to actualize the actions derived from that choice. Any claim of definitive proof of 'correct' action will somehow impinge upon freedom.
2006-06-30 00:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by Sean M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world is a totality of facts and ethics is a condition of the world. So, it follows that there cannot beany fact without value. There is no difficulty, therefore, to derive 'ought' from 'is', or, what you say, to transpose what 'should be' with what 'is'.
2006-06-30 00:33:39 · answer #8 · answered by das.ganesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The transition from is to ought to be is the derivative of the limit function for is assuming one knows what it is one ought to be solving for. The close what is gets to the ultimate meaning of is the greater the confidence ratio is to what ought to be and vice versa. Make this a calculus equation and solve for is.
2006-06-30 01:18:32 · answer #9 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no should; something either is or it isn't. You realize that don't you? It's about maturity, dealing with reality, learning to be effective vs. driving yourself crazy.. You could say "I would rather that things were.... because it would meet my need for ...." Is there anything YOU can do to create this hoped for reality? You can at least meditate on this...
2006-06-30 00:24:54 · answer #10 · answered by bjoybeads 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great!
You are asking to a solution to a infamous "is-ought problem"[1].
OK, here is my take -- i believe it impossible to conclusively discover what ""should be" from what "is". The problem is simply to hard.
So in the meantime we should use our present morality as a guide, it is not the perfect tool, but the best one available.
2006-06-30 10:26:49 · answer #11 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋