Tag: 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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Recent Event – Uvalde
I was interested in weighing in on world events when I first started this blog, but I also wanted to get my base thoughts out their first to provide some understanding of my perspective. But I feel the Uvalde event helps illustrate my thoughts on right & wrong. Let’s preface this discussion with the understanding…
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Labels, Scales, & Definitions, Oh My!
As discussed in Meaning, definitions are necessary for us to ensure we are talking about the same thing. If I talk about a dolphin, and you don’t know what a dolphin is, then we can’t really talk about it. So definition is necessary. But sometimes I think we get caught up in the definition. Definitions…
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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,…