philosophy
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I met an horrific person
A car crashes and people die, the witnesses tell people how they felt about what happened, what a surprise it was to them that it happened, how they were ill prepared for it happening, how it has potentially impacted the thing that they were on their way to do. It’s almost impossible for them to… Continue reading
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Keep people as pets?
People are not property, or are they? A person cannot own another person, but they can control another person through processes of coercion or manipulation. In every situation, your choice to participate is based on a negotiation in the form of an offer that meets your wish, a manipulation that meets some need, or in… Continue reading
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Unfreedom
I don’t watch reality TV to be entertained or aroused, I watch to see the opposition to Maslow’s actualisation. These people have become culture, and willingly, they run towards it arms wide open, they are utterly unfree as far as I am concerned because they wish to be adored, admired, and inspirational for no other… Continue reading
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Democracy avoidance
Governments tend to democratise only that which they can win, this is not a quote, it is my opinion from observations I have made, I will explain what I mean by way of a few examples for you to consider… Wind farms are voted on – a wind farm location can be blocked by local… Continue reading
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The human flaw
The ability to be swayed by a flawed argument because we are more likely to be persuaded by what we FEEL rather than what is true. Objectivity is found in not having a gain or a deficit in outcome, this negates much of the philosophy of the common person since the issues they philosophise about… Continue reading
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Nothing random
I’m going to have a go at something tough, free will verses determinism.. Some folks think we make choices and decisions, some think we are merely reacting to stimulus and our choices are predictable, as if we would always do the thing we think we are choosing, and some believe that everything is determined because… Continue reading
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Clean hands and plural inaction
This is not going to be a post on the rights and wrongs of having a death penalty, we in Britain do not. I fancied flexing my philosophical muscles a little bit, so I thought I might do a few posts using the materials I developed during the years I studied. My output has become… Continue reading
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The enemy of now
“Every man who is not helping to bring about a better state of affairs for the future is helping to perpetuate the current misery, and is therefore the enemy of his own children” – Robert Tressall, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. I love the now, I’m happy and I love my life, love my wife in… Continue reading
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Gawking
Forgive me for this one, I am just wandering with a thought as I write it, there is no purpose but to think out loud. Everything is arguable… So, let’s say I am a woman, I’m not and don’t claim to be, but let’s imagine I am, just long enough to examine a theory. Can… Continue reading
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Our outrageous fortune
The worst person is they that would exploit, make profit from, and wish praise for dealing with, the miseries you and I cannot conquer alone. No evil exists more than that which wishes your sickness to enable it’s remedy, and no person is so depraved that their validation is not gained without the existence of… Continue reading
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