Questions tagged [human-condition]
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What would be the logical consequences of human will/nature being corrupt?
I'm have a question that I don't think is on topic over on Christianity.SE even though it is the exchanges in chat there constantly raise the issue. This is a kind of thought experiment.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a…
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What is the worth of developed societies and humanity over catastrophic global warming
While growing, I learned that human have 3 basic needs: meal, cloth and a house. If we look at the history, the basic needs sound reasonable. Nowadays, these basic needs has been transformed into desire of luxury and lavishness for human society,…
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Is procreation a given?
Is procreation an inbuilt component of human nature? I am interested in developing more of an understanding about procreation in humans from a critical, philosophical perspective.
For example look at beginning of the blurb of this book on…
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In light of the ecological crisis, what defence can be made for anthropocentrism (human-centredness)?
Given the current ecological crisis caused by human industrial activity, what justifications can be made for prioritizing humans over other lifeforms and ecosystems, and adopting an anthropocentric systems of values w/r to the environment?
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Is philosophy anthropocentric by definition?
Could all philosophical arguments have an anthropocentric bias, in the same way as a rational argument refers to the beliefs held by that person.
One could say that philosophy either is biased, or is not, only acording to some phylosophical…
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How to handle a question where the other person have a has no reference frame to compare it to?
Take questions like the following...
What is it like growing up in the country? (when they have only known
what's it like in the countryside).
What is it like to be blind?
Is there a way to ask them without asking an unanswerable question?
I have…
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Why is autonomy considered a degree of freedom in western philosophy?
In a lot of Western philosophy I notice autonomy being considered as a degree of freedom. Rather than an output of conditioning, culture, etc.
In fact well being in the west means autonomy. This is not the case in the East. Has anyone been able to…
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Have we philosophically found a theory to end the human suffering?
Almost all religions observed that life is a suffering and provided means to end the human suffering by doing some prayer or penance.
Most philosophers also ,I guess, recognize that life is a suffering.
However from philosophical point of view ,…
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Is there a dichotomy between individuality and "humans are social animals"?
Is there a dichotomy between individuality and "humans are social animals"?
What kind of theory is there available about this topic?
By dichotomy I mean "opposition". I.e. are there contradictions between the two things (individuality and social…
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