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as you pick up a newspaper and flick to the horoscopes section supposedly written by 'Jonathan Cainer' (dated 8th August), you are slowly being manipulated by the text you read. These pathological delusions about reality or in other words horoscopes…

or ultimate (for example, God), human life lacks meaning and is not worthwhile." <Tab/>This is The Meaning of Life Thesis. Early 20th century, Russian philosopher Leo Tolstoy is partial to the thesis. He believes that without a belief…

on March 31, 1596 in Touraine, France, is a fragile boy. Even at an early age, he is very bright and interested in learning. At eight years old, he is sent to the Jesuit school of La Fléche in Anjou. He performs brilliantly in all…

of therapeutic philosophy. According to the book's protagonist, Zarathustra, the whole world is suffering from a sickness. By following the advice he expounds, one can become cured. In the section 'Of the Three Metamorphoses', Zarathustra describes…

from becoming a moral person, and that by becoming a moral person we will automatically know what is right and wrong. When we know what is truly right or wrong we have flourished as humans, and we have eudemonia. Virtue ethics is one of the main…

forms are not concepts in the mind, but are existing realities apart from the mind. The forms are eternal and immutable". Forms are imperfectly reflected in human affairs, and language limits us in how we can explain these forms. The forms are "out…

to be pure emotion is an emotive view of ethics. Emotivists believe that moral decisions or statement should be made based on emotion. A philosopher who believed very strongly in the emotivist theory was G.E Moore. Moore states that when people use the…

that attempts to specify circumstances under which an action is morally right or wrong using four distinct arguments that try to prove this claim. Normative ethical subjectivism claims that an act is morally right if, and only if, the person judging…

as persons just as we are. There is no form of hierarchy that exists in Malacandra. The inhabitants of Malacandra do not have awareness like human beings. The form of reasoning that the inhabitants have does not compare to the level of reasoning…

the time it was legalized. People disagree about whether a zygote, embryo, or fetus is a human person. There is a consensus among the pro-life people that a newborn is a human person. They believe that any form of human life that is also a person, and…