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- Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:06 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Individualism vs. Collectivism
- Replies: 539
- Views: 95120
Re: Individualism vs. Collectivism
I think (perhaps somewhat unconventionally) that all these 'isms' are just western political concept words that don't have as much foundation to reality as we have been brought up to think.
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:03 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Happiness of Pursuit.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3484
Re: Happiness of Pursuit.
The pursuit of the happiness of pursuit?
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:59 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Public, Social and other Interest
- Replies: 1
- Views: 692
Re: Public, Social and other Interest
I agree. Perhaps what we need is a ministry of moral philosophy? Universities these days just don't seem to be cutting it. We seem to be struck in a sort of metaphysical inception of metaphysics.
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:53 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Death
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1149
Re: Death
From the perspective of the mind/consciousness of an individual human like us (or animal? ), after the moment of death that mind/consciousness of the individual ceases to exist and it is as if nothing ever existed, but from the broader view of the universe as a whole (or the God's view), everything ...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:46 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Is it aesthetic or is it ethical?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4240
Re: Is it aesthetic or is it ethical?
Being ethical is, among other things, also aesthetically good (But not for everyone evidently) . Being good (in the ethical sense) not only looks good but also feels good. That is really the definition of aesthetics.