Strive always for the GOOD; but not using the 'Standards of Win or Lose' ; Instead use the 'Standard's of Right & Wrong'. Do not use your opinions; rather, use the opinions of those who debate about what 'Right & Wrong' actually means, and consider the ethics of the solution, both now , and over time.
2007-01-21 04:40:44 · 10 answers · asked by BANANA 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Cogito Ergo Sum
2007-01-21 04:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NOT EVEN CLOSE! What is "right" or "wrong", "good" or "bad"? The only way to get where you going....is to drop all judgment, have no opinion and become a 3rd party observer of your own life.
Old Zen Story:
The Master of the monastery was about to die. His disciples gathered around his bed. The head monk went closer to the Master and asked, "What is the meaning if life?". The Master responded, "Life is a river". "What do you mean? Life is a river?", the monk responded.
The Master looked up at him after a moment and said, "You mean Life isn't a river?". and immediately died.
If you don't get that....then you are on your way! :)
Wood2man
2007-01-21 13:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by Woody W 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. It is that Philosophy itself is the indulgence ot those who are introspective by nature. In no way is it connected with the "quest for truth". It has never had an impact on the life of any one, even less,changed it.
The knowers are those who have experienced Life, not those who have thought about it.
2007-01-22 19:38:00 · answer #3 · answered by shades of Bruno 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are describing one branch of philosophy, namely ethics. There is also logic, epistomology, metaphysics and other types of formal philosophy as well.
Personally I am tired of the standards of 'win or lose', Charles Taylor described this as 'the primacy of instrumental reason' in his book 'Malaise of Modernity' and he characterizes this as one of the major problems in the modern world - its worth a read.
2007-01-23 23:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strive always to LEARN.
Morally speaking - Right & Wrong, Good & Bad are man-made contrivances concocted to justify one’s actions and/or to condemn another’s.
Governments and mainstream religions depend on people who let them do the thinking, and don’t form opinions of their own. I think that’s messed up.
2007-01-21 14:55:46 · answer #5 · answered by steve_monroe_2005 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I would say it isn't. As Ambrose Bierce said, 'Philosophy is a route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.' In short, a waste of time. I agree.
2007-01-21 12:46:41 · answer #6 · answered by Superdog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are couching the definitions in terms of absolutes which completely ignores the more prevalent philosophy of relativism.
2007-01-21 12:52:52 · answer #7 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Belief or opinion on a topic.
2007-01-21 12:44:34 · answer #8 · answered by Kyle B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. This is a statement that needs exploration
2007-01-21 12:44:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hmmmm. how about ante penultimate? ;-)
2007-01-21 12:46:52 · answer #10 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋