here is some food for thought..

[Melissa@NelsonPerformance]

my next course is philosophy...
im pretty excited about it. i thought you all (intelligent people excluding lambchop) would appreciate some questions that are asked everyday but are not really thought about enough!
critical thinkers check-in!
• To what extent do we have a moral obligation to people we don’t know? For
that matter, to what extent do we have a moral obligation to nonhuman living
things? How about the environment: do we have a moral obligation to it?
• What are the ethically legitimate functions and scope of government? What
form of government is best? What is the proper connection between religion
and the state? Questions like these separate Democrats from Republicans,
conservatives from liberals, communists from capitalists, and theocrats from
democrats.
• Do people have natural rights? If so, how do we know that? Where do they
come from? What makes one person’s list of rights superior to another
person’s?
• Is there a God? Perhaps just as important, Does it make any difference
whether there is or isn’t a God?
• Do ends justify means?
• What, if anything, is the self? Is a person more than a physical body? Do
people really have free will?
• What is truth? Beauty? Art?
• Is it possible to know anything with absolute certainty?
• Does the universe have a purpose? Does life? Is there order in the cosmos
independent of what the mind puts there?
• What is time?
• Could anything have happened before the Big Bang?

[conekiller01]

haha your gonna like this class especially if you get a cool teacher! its the oonly class i know of that they give questions that you cant answer and can still pass!!! lol GL i think im gonna like where this thread is going . . .

[GasGuzzler]

my next course is philosophy...
im pretty excited about it. i thought you all (intelligent people excluding lambchop) would appreciate some questions that are asked everyday but are not really thought about enough!
critical thinkers check-in!
• To what extent do we have a moral obligation to people we don’t know? For
that matter, to what extent do we have a moral obligation to nonhuman living
things? How about the environment: do we have a moral obligation to it?
• What are the ethically legitimate functions and scope of government? What
form of government is best? What is the proper connection between religion
and the state? Questions like these separate Democrats from Republicans,
conservatives from liberals, communists from capitalists, and theocrats from
democrats.
• Do people have natural rights? If so, how do we know that? Where do they
come from? What makes one person’s list of rights superior to another
person’s?
• Is there a God? Perhaps just as important, Does it make any difference
whether there is or isn’t a God?
• Do ends justify means?
• What, if anything, is the self? Is a person more than a physical body? Do
people really have free will?
• What is truth? Beauty? Art?
• Is it possible to know anything with absolute certainty?
• Does the universe have a purpose? Does life? Is there order in the cosmos
independent of what the mind puts there?
• What is time?
• Could anything have happened before the Big Bang?

None other than basic protection. A responsible one. Only in way that affects you or your family. None. Anarchism. See previous as there is none. Yes, because it is natural. There are only three so therefore arguments are kept to a minimum. There is but it may make no difference depending on perspective therefore it most likely should make no difference. Most times. It's a semantic definition. Yes. No if asked worldly and/or politically yet yes is asked religiously. Obvious yet once again, like rights, there are three. Beauty and art are subjective...well, beauty is. Art is man's positive expression of superiority over other living things. Yes, obviously. Why ask for purpose about something inevitable? No. Measurement based on planetary movements. The Big Bang hasn't been been proven but assuming hypothetically it has, then try to prove the question. Most likely there has always been "something".

[Melissa@NelsonPerformance]

well class just started today..and so far its great! i have 5 chapters that need to be read by tomorrow! it doesnt even feel like class work, its truly interesting!

They can be partially answered. These are all
forms of progress. Even when a question is abandoned as unanswerable, that, too,
is progress. Earlier answers to a question can be considered inadequate even if the
final answer isn’t in, and that’s progress as well.

^^^ what do you think about this answer steve!? (your remark about questions never be answered!)

[pl4yboy]

I LOVED PHILO. If you ever want a debate Mel, let me know. I'll pick whatever side you want.

[conekiller01]

there is no such thing as a CORRECT answer.....we have laws(newton crap) we have constants(math crap) and hypothesis(guesses?) but for something to be absoluetly true it would have to be true in every single case that has ever existed and since no one has ever been around for all of existence and not seen every event or happening how can we possibly know that gravity always pulls down? how do we know that every circle follows pie? these things CAN NOT be proven for all cases only stressed to someones opinion and yes they will work for us every time and will seem true but how can this be known?.....



just IMHO...lmao dont ever answer anything in class,,,,,they are just gonna keep making answer answer and answer some more....their are no such thing as definte answers!!!!! youl will learn this or be cottonmouth and hoarse by the end of you first week! lol GL!

[GasGuzzler]

there is no such thing as a CORRECT answer.....we have laws(newton crap) we have constants(math crap) and hypothesis(guesses?) but for something to be absoluetly true it would have to be true in every single case that has ever existed and since no one has ever been around for all of existence and not seen every event or happening how can we possibly know that gravity always pulls down? how do we know that every circle follows pie? these things CAN NOT be proven for all cases only stressed to someones opinion and yes they will work for us every time and will seem true but how can this be known?.....



just IMHO...lmao dont ever answer anything in class,,,,,they are just gonna keep making answer answer and answer some more....their are no such thing as definte answers!!!!! youl will learn this or be cottonmouth and hoarse by the end of you first week! lol GL!

It's "Pi" and "cannot" jackass.

[lo-lyf]

You don't even want to get me started on government and it's connection to religion, or the moral obligation to the environment, other people, and animals and etc.
Government in America is too large. There is not one part of government that is better than the other because they are all corrupt. Religion should be the follower's business and no one elses. Our natural rights come from us having a brain to choose what we think is best for ourselves(this should of be government's role). In other words, if people are stupid enough to choose to do drugs that will eventually take your life then they have chosen their fate and there shouldn't be a law that prohibits their desires. It's not fair that taxpayers have to pay to house these "criminals" that take up space in our jails that can be used for rapists and murderers. I also believe in the old fashioned rule of "treat others as you would want to be treated". That goes for humans , their possessions, and animals. That covers a few of them don't you think? Oh yeah, time is a human invention that controls our lives.

[Melissa@NelsonPerformance]

* response to conekiller *LMAO ^^^ you must not know me all too well, cause i think too much..over analyze everything.. its always what ifs, why this and that, what now with me!

*opinions with solid/good reasoning!!

I LOVED PHILO. If you ever want a debate Mel, let me know. I'll pick whatever side you want.

ill be picking at your brain pretty soon..

[conekiller01]

It's "Pi" and "cannot" jackass.

grrrr .....you take a class with an old wizard looking man and see if you can still see and spell straight!! lol jk