Philosophy Now Forum

The concept of a socialist state or a capitalist state is quite imprecise and founded more on emotionalism than the supporters of each usually wish to concede. Usually, the "feeling" undergirding each is their preferred "intentions" or "goals" of their imagined society....

If philosophical observations have an objective reality, than each of these men are doing their best to describe aspects of the world which are independently verifiable to each of us. So to ask "which philosopher did a better job" is a little like asking which scientist was more significan...

To Dalek Prime: My position is that there is a dual nature in all of us, one is familial and personal, the other social. This duality leads to everything we understand as science, religion, corporations, anti-corporatism, the military, the welfare state, etc. Your antinatalism reflects one aspect of...

Modern culture is dramatically different from all societies which came before. There has never been so much wealth, destructive power, and ability to communicate with every individual as there is today. Consequently, notions of equality, wealth redistribution, war, abortion, marriage, etc. are exami...

My name is Martin Fritz. I am new to this forum, but not to the subjects discussed here. I have recently published a book which describes a philosophical understanding I call Dual Morality. It proposes that all moral judgement, and in fact all social institutions and cultural arrangements, are based...