Category: Philosophy
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The Return
Not many follow this blog, and it didn’t last too long, but I am back. After a 3-year hiatus, I have decided to return to this blogging thing. I enjoying discussing philosophical topics but I’m not good at continuing things. I tend to get bored after a while. But here we are. Getting back into…
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Morality
After some further thought on meanings and the comments from Right & Wrong, I feel a sense of additional clarification is warranted. Rights and wrongs are an interesting concept and have a lot of levels to them, kind of like love. Love has multiple levels and doesn’t mean the same when spoken to a spouse…
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Meaning
My most discussed blog is Right & Wrong. It seems this one generates a lot of consideration as it may go against our conventions about right and wrong and the meaning of right and wrong. When we say right, do we mean the direction? Something good? Principles of freedom or entitlement? These definitions are all…
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Free Will
When I was a kid, I hoped for an epic destiny made for the movies. I remember movies were kids would range from 12-18 gaining some hidden power at a certain age. I kept hoping that I would eventually gain some hero’s power. I felt it was in my fate. Yet here I am, 34,…
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Conscience
Shout out to my dad on this one. After reading some of the prior blogs, my dad emailed me some thoughts. In Right & Wrong, we talked about if you are never told what is right or wrong, can something be wrong. My dad argues ignorance is no excuse. This is a tough one for…
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Duality
I push my fingers into my eyes. Oh wait… let’s start again. The world is full of opposition. Democrats, Republicans. Good, bad. Up, Down. Day, night. Right, wrong. Light and dark. These opposites need each other as they define each other. Darkness is the absence of light. Now what if half of a duality ceased…