I prefer to ask: what does Existentialism offer? The most important thing it offers is the highest principle and right of humanity - freedom, freedom of...
The point is just exactly HOW do we determine morality and ethics? Despite all the categories and labels and definitions, we still don't have enough...
The Christian God is said to be omnipotent. That means there is nothing He can't do. So, by definition, He is fully capable of committing suicide. I'm...
"Normative ethics bridges the gap between metaethics and applied ethics. It is the attempt to arrive at practical moral standards that tell us right from...
I heartily agree with what your saying here, especially the fact that humanity resorts to the same old behaviors. However, what does it have to work with...
"It all began in 5A.D., when josh was nine. I saw him playing with the present his dad had given him for the Saturnalia - a toy hammer and nails. Sorry if...
"The whole assumption of the field of ethics is that consistent description, consistent deliberation, and consistent and fair application of authority is...
"Applied ethics applies normative ethics to specific controversial issues. Many of these ethical problems bear directly on public policy. For example, the...
"Philosophers have developed a number of competing systems to explain how to choose what is best for both the individual and for society. No one system has...
"Ethics has been applied to economics, politics and political science, leading to several distinct and unrelated fields of applied ethics, including: Business...
Amanda wrote: <Are you sure? If there was an objective morality yet to be discovered, it would have to something completely unknown presently. It wouldn't be...
As the FAQ states, this forum is for discussions of philosophy, with some slack for those moments when any community might need a pause. This is not the place...
CSW, Susan, Sorry I've unintentionally made the list so difficult to moderate. Basically, I see all this as connected with my nervousness over technical...
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... Take, as instance, the Greek noun timee ('teemair') and associated verbs, especially prominent in the first book of the Iliad. The anger of Achilles,...
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Existentialism is founded upon skepticism, the doubt and conclusion that previous philosophies, religions, or sciences provide the answers to our most...
... the "it"??> It is the special realm of abstractions from which moral objectivity is derived. ... is assumed to be of benefit for its success. Some morals...
<<only that you were mistaken.>> But I am not mistaken. <<But then I suppose that this might be taken as only Sartre's opinion.>> Bingo <<If we live in the...
I went to the mail box today. In the mess of mail, was a blank envelope. Inside was several papers asking for money and a picture of Christ -- hands upraised...
"Moral skepticism is an epistemological position that we do not have knowledge or justification for believing in objective moral principles. Moral skepticism...
i sometimes find it a bit amusing, when people simply give links or post quotes without any interpretation. besides i haven't seen much of a discussion...
If 76% of Americans are religious enough to be attending church and they also happen to be able to vote, then the power of the people will be heard. One must...
In a message dated 29/02/2004 2:39:59 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Thats good Susan because I think "they" do too. Up here we call them Members of the First...
Diogenes Laertius on Diogenes - "It would be ludicrous", quoth he, if Agesilaus and Epaminondas are to dwell in the mire, while certain folk of no account will...
I have a general question: How "free" is your specific home province/state/nation? What can you do and what can't you do? How free do you feel? Do you consider...
George is George Costanza of the Jerry Seinfled TV series. The reference is to one of the episodes where George explains how a "divided" George can not stand,...
