Jack Cummins

Personally, I am doing all I can to follow restrictions, but it is almost a year of being not allowed to do most of the things I have done through my ...

I guess that I am seeing how our ideas are so important to us subjectively. I am also wondering about how any person becomes defensive in protecting t...

I agree with your emphasis on 'the impermanence of things knowable'. I think I would be in line with this perspective on many of the big areas of phil...

I think that what may happen is that in the near future we are going to have restrictions placed on us to try to enforce healthy lifestyles upon us. I...

It is interesting that you both seem to be coming from opposite angles. Outlander says , 'What's honesty, adamance, or even life itself without passio...

One thought that I have around your question is the whole way in which the child begins to differentiate self from others in childhood. Research sugge...

I am certainly not endorsing becoming overweight or addiction but I do have questions about the moralistic nature and tone of some health promotion pr...

I think that your question is a good one. It raises the underlying question about whether destiny exists. Certainly, some people do believe that in fa...

I would say that characteristics such as being overweight fall into a grey area within the realm of prejudice. It is certainly not regarded as one of ...

I would say that psychiatric disorders is a very specialist area and it would be very worrying if people just leapt in with opinions and I hope that I...

In some ways, I see your point and it was not me that began the thread. However, if that is the case then many of the active threads would be beyond t...

Your question is a bit complicated because it has two possible underlying assumptions or questions. Firstly, it involves the one of premonitions. In y...

The division between rich and poor permeates society and it can be invisible at times. In some ways, it is less clear than in other societies because ...

I think that the difference between scorn against an idea and a person is complex. I once was in a situation in which a white woman commented to a bla...

Yes, it is horrible when teachers and other people just seem hostile and sometimes we don't always know why, and are left wondering. We can try to put...

I agree we are individuals and it is unfortunate that we get put in little boxes all the time. Also, sometimes when people treat us less than others i...

If this bias comes into marking of exam papers, I am sure that people make similar biases in just about every part of life. I am not speaking of you, ...

It is brave of you to admit to this. I think bias occurs consciously or unconsciously all the time. I think it probably goes far beyond being about ce...

I am not sure about the point of people with alcohol problems not seeing themselves as part of a group. I am thinking of the whole history of the AA m...

I do agree that it is not clear how long the concern for the elderly and vulnerable will last. It could be that the luxury of the stability we have kn...

I just think that it is useful to think about generalisations, to think what lies behind them. I am in favour of looking behind surfaces, on a psychol...

Is that some dark humour?

I just noticed your paragraph on the issue of prejudice in institutions and this is quite a topic in itself. I can only speak from the basis of workin...

One thing I notice in your comment is that in the final paragraph you speak about the 'purposes' which prejudices serve and how this is 'a starting po...

I can see that I am idealistic and that this has limitations. I am fearful of any rise in Nazism or any oppressive regime. Personally, I think the who...

Your discussion of the relationship between suffering and prejudice raises some important points. I would say that it is so easy when one is feeling n...

Yes, I agree. Goodnight.

If you scroll back a couple of pages you will find my thread on is the material the absolute reality. You might find some ideas to think about. I don'...

Surely, the whole point of joining a philosophy forum is to explore other angles of views. I come with the whole idea of embracing other new ways of s...

When you say that you would rather 'know rather unknown' I am not sure what you mean exactly. I am not sure if you are talking about speaking of the k...

In what sense do you think that the ego continues?I don't know about you but I am not sure that I think that I would have a legacy. I am not exactly K...

What do you mean when you say that those who decide not to continue are deciding 'to take another step in their externalisations in existence'? I thou...

I would say that I come from the perspective of having 2 friends who committed suicide while I was at University and 1 later. I often wonder what thei...

Yes, I remember someone telling me that at work last year. I am still interested in hearing your point of view on the problem we have facing humanity,...

One of the ways I see it is that we are all going to die eventually, so what's the rush?

I think that both of us and others are concerned about what could be happening, or going to happen in the world. Remembering back to snippets of discu...

Perhaps it was a joke. That is the problem with online discussions. There is no non verbal interaction and written words can become too concrete. Perh...

I am not in the field of education but the one idea which I believe sounds a bit along the lines you are thinking of are on the model created by Rudol...

Yes, I agree and I am even still getting into discussion on the term 'defect' in the thread I have spoken about. I believe in talking about prejudice ...

I have astigmatism too and other eye problems which could be called defects in technical medical terminology, but I hope that this would just useful a...

I would agree with you, but it is so complicated because certain attribudes are so deep. In particular, this thread is hovering next to the one questi...

I was rather relieved by your response and then saw the response, of someone trying to justify the whole question, with 'Depends on the defect. I thou...

I am so fed up with this thread. I was up half the night before last, reading and writing on it. I don't blame anyone for that, as I was ridiculous by...

Thank you for sharing your experience. Of course, I would imagine that you have made all conceivable efforts to educate your children as widely and ca...

I am rather wary of you concern to protect the plight of the ruling class. To what extent do you believe that they are suffering? I would think that a...

Thank you, you have managed to upload a very song. Music has such a powerful means to confront prejudice. I am sure that Bob Marley and many other bla...

I am not sure to what extent people sit down and tell stories to young children no , spelling out wisdom and morality. I would imagine it varies a lot...

You advocate the idea of reflection and dispelling of 'instinctual thoughts'. Do you think that the majority of people, and I am not just speaking of ...

I would say that prejudice is about visible and invisible differences, as well as beliefs about superiority. As George Orwell said in 'Animal Farm': '...

I understand that you are someone who is not racist. I was not brought up to be racist, but I grew up in an area which was white. I played with the ch...