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Are man made things to be trusted?
15 Posts • 4679 Views Philosophy Forum |
Ok this may seem complicated but it makes sense if ya think about it. Go back to the cave man days, no technology, primitive way of thinking, survival his only concern. Boom one day he DISCOVERS fire,... |
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Famous PhilosophersFriendship Philosopher
4 Posts • 3275 Views Philosophy Forum |
You can find an extensive discussion on friendship in Aristotle's, "Nicomachean Ethics". I hope that helps. |
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Ethics & MoralityThe five fingers of ethics
2 Posts • 9618 Views Philosophy Forum |
I have reduced my complete ethical system to five basic principles; the five fingers of ethics
Briefly, these five principles are
-the thumb: the universalist imperative: do what everyone should hav... |
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ScriptsSunday: a one act
8 Posts • 3226 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Since a couple people have asked...
I do have a few other pieces on here. I have a story entitled Anatomy of Death and a longer one act (24 pages) in five scenes called the Game of Ethics posted un... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
17 Posts • 6097 Views Philosophy Forum |
It would be remarkable if ethics were - as you seem to be saying - contingent, to be cashed out qua the individual in question, and yet there being laws which apply equally to all. Are such laws value... |
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BooksTYPER'S CORNER
112 Posts • 26844 Views Talk Talk |
i hate Nike! no other company has such poor standards. such poor working conditions. such worthless/non exsistent work ethics.
on a somewhat related note, Micheal Moore is my idol. *clown* |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
284 Posts • 49748 Views Religion Forum |
Atheists also are subject to the moral code created by God
Etherealmeekle: Wrong. Some ethics may conform each other, yet Athiests have no direct connection to a deity. Your justification for this is... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
284 Posts • 49748 Views Religion Forum |
To help answer you question Petesmith:
Athiest ethics usually boils down to 'Me first, always!' ideology. Atheists may have exactly the same views about what counts as good and bad, and may... |
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Alternative BeliefsWhat do you believe?
67 Posts • 16684 Views Religion Forum |
mate my life's purpose is through my own experiences, not what it says in a book 2000yrs ago. I don't need to be desperately hanging on and be dependent on a deity to help me guide my way th... |
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Alternative BeliefsGod = The Universe
72 Posts • 21836 Views Religion Forum |
Yeah but science is aside from reason by reason I mean common sense the soft sciences like philosophy particularly ethics and psychology of the human mind as well as literature, religions are just boo... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
17 Posts • 6097 Views Philosophy Forum |
But you're missing the point. You're throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Throw out ethics and you deprive yourself of any notion of rational action. WHY obey the law? Is it just confor... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
17 Posts • 6097 Views Philosophy Forum |
I believe pupa ria is a allududing to whatever metephysyical stance a person tends to hold. Most people, to my mind and philosiphers like voltaire beleive that the human maind and there for morality a... |
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What's wrong with the world? How do we change
93 Posts • 43903 Views Philosophy Forum |
We can focus on greed, stupidity, laziness, irresponsiblity, selfishness OR we can give our attention to creativity, constructive solutions, optimistic attitudes, and a gradual evolution toward a harm... |
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As soon as I think I'm out th pull me back in
5 Posts • 3960 Views Philosophy Forum |
Build your resolve, root it iin your personal ethics about what you want in life, what you value, what kind of relationship you want with God and people.
Forgiveness will come through trying.
You... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
17 Posts • 6097 Views Philosophy Forum |
First off, the question should be "dare you ignore them?" Ethics is plural. Secondly, society has given us a set of rules that apply to everyone, so what difference does an individual's... |
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Ethics & MoralityWhy didn't traditional Marxist theory focus on ethical values?
5 Posts • 3247 Views Philosophy Forum |
The simple answer would be that within Marxist theory economic conditions determine ethical values, hence the focus of Marxist theory was on economics.
With that said, Marxism is all about the repe... |
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GovernmentPolitics and Ethics
1 Posts • 2012 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
The only thing better than provoking a debate is ending a debate. I fear the latter honour will prove beyond me. But few issues are more important than the one I intend to tackle here. A good index of... |
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Can Someone Truly Be Different?
14 Posts • 3367 Views Philosophy Forum |
If you disregarded the physical features of humans and grouped us according to our pleasures, fears, ethics and so on, we would all have someone like us. This leads me to believe that we are not diffe... |
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GovernmentObama is a Communist - should we really vote for him?
23 Posts • 5413 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
"i mean that if one were to take a little bit of time out of their day and look at where the majority of what product they buy is coming from that you are really buying into communism when one sh... |
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BooksTYPER'S CORNER
112 Posts • 26844 Views Talk Talk |
wesdawgy is mia...? now im confused :(
i read that great recipe of yours in some earlier post Em. ill have to give it a try! ill eat just about anything once *lol*
in my ethics class today we... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsA few question, interested in everybody's opinions
9 Posts • 3297 Views Philosophy Forum |
Some more questions to get you started;
Religion - What does faith ask of me?
Science - has information replaced faith?
Technology - does it enslave or set us free?
Philosophy - What is th... |
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Gender PsychologyWhy was The Pill Developed for Women and Not Men?
6 Posts • 3430 Views Psychology Forum |
Wasn’t there talk of a male pill not that long ago but then there were problems? I’m not informed but I think the reason is just down to it being technologically easier to achieve.
Fo... |
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Religion & HumanityWhy I don't preach anymore
28 Posts • 7431 Views Religion Forum |
What we base as 'true', is only a perception. Probability is only an interpretation. We identify probabilities with degrees of confidence or partial beliefs.
Of course, we must ask what... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismThe last leg for Atheism
185 Posts • 40244 Views Religion Forum |
Only the individual can determine what is right and wrong because they have seen all the circumstances. In some instances I'm sure it's ok to murder someone and there's an awful lot of... |
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GovernmentPoltical Philosophy
3 Posts • 3243 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
In the 1950s Peter Laslett announced that \"political philosophy, at least for the moment, is dead\"; and whatever the protetastions to the contrary, and the fact the discipline experienced... |
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