Wouldn´t an utilitarian support the creation of a new life under any circumstances? Or is there a degree in which a new life not being born is better ...
We are constantly comparing ourselves to others in order to judge what our place in the social hierarchy is. It is an instict that has been around sin...
While you are correct, desire should not just be thrown overboard because it may lead individuals into doing nefarious things to get what they want. I...
Yeah you are right. Thiese emotions are way too general, but they are not worthless, since they at least guide us into the real emotion. That is why i...
They are indeed subjective as in the intensity of the emotion felt and under which circumstances is the emotion being felt, but there is a baseline fr...
I would not refer to the particular need of survival. We do not really think on survival terms, rather, we think on what is good for us, in a self-int...
I agree with most of the ideas in the text, yet I dislike this sentence. It is true that we should associate with people that want to grow, that have ...
Whilst no pain, whether emotional or physical, would indeed make life much easier, I am more than willing to argue that the lack of emotional pain wou...
Asking the why of something is always a good way to begin a conversation with the intend of changing someones mind. You must first understand where ar...
Seeing the use of clothes from a pragmatic point of view, clothes do offer many advantages. They allow one to be protected from the environment, with ...
I wish you the best of luck on your endeavour! I personally started something similar, but I have since abandoned it. Unfortunately, individuals are t...
You see, the examples you just gave would take too much time and effort to think them through.. Imagine this: You are in a hurry and just as you are w...
Suffering is generally regarded as something bad because the very short term future looks hopeless and bleak. When we are in pain, we are quite incapa...
You really think so? I believe that if the approach is correct, as in those who do not have the privilege ask to work together instead of demanding to...
That was a step up from what I had in mind, thats for sure. Yeah, I understand what you are saying and it really is the problem. But focus on only one...
Im really talking about any kind of privilege really. However, it is true that the conversation has strayed. Let us refocuse in another example. Take ...
Take any small to medium business. You know, local restaurants, bars, local service providers and the like. You have the owner(s), the supplier(s), th...
We believe that we understand the past and think the same about the future. The precautions that we take are all based on the past. You never think th...
Knowledged is to be seeked. You will never acquire it if you are not actively searching for it. As for the schooling system, private education may hav...
As an economics major myself, I can tell you with certainity that running a business is NOTHING like running an economy. I understand and somewhat agr...
The same is true for economic models. The reason behind it is that it is just impossible to create a workable and applicable model if you do not have ...
Also, following up my initial idea, social psychology presents the concept of self-presentation: The act of expressing oneself and behaving in ways de...
I think you are talking about the self-serving bias, the tendency to perceive oneself favorably. “Absurd presumption in their own good fortune … …the ...
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