Philosophy Now Forum

I could really do with some consultation here This is mainly to do with reality , being , awareness and meaning for humans. Can we agree reality is one thing and our awareness of what reality is another(- so that is almost a seperate reality as we know it)? Im having a mental block at the moment so...

It could be that the results the recent study that our thread starter cites, is a product of our current state of non corporal punishment and other social factors, population comes to mind as a potential factor, and is indicative of a more callous colder human race than of days of old when we seeme...

"There have been piles of studies investigating the link between empathy and moral action. Different scholars come to different conclusions, but, in a recent paper, Jesse Prinz, a philosopher at City University of New York, summarized the research this way: “These studies suggest that empathy ...

Humane is what human does, by definition. Don't tell that to the dictionary. ;) More towards the original topic, the loss of these animals was completely thoughtless. I haven't read any insight into the nature of the owner's actions, but we can only surmise that, in releasing the animals, he though...

Hello everyone, as is already clear, I'm new here, and I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a middle-aged man, interested in philosophy and spirituality. I spend a lot of time working on my ability to reason, to change the way in which I think, to grow and change as a person... and I love to debate. ...