Choosing to take military action should not be something any representative of our government can take lightly. Perhaps we need to inject a bit of humanity and realism into the minds of those in office.
Categories: Philosophy
My parents raised me in a town where I was a minority. This time in my life may have been brief, but it took place during my most critical years of development as a child. I think that this has provided my brother and I with an interesting perspective on race.
Categories: Philosophy
For a long time, I’ve been somewhat environmentally conscious. I turn lights off when I leave the room. I turn off the sink when I brush my teeth. But I have never bought into environmentalism.
Despite my previous blog about no longer being a Libertarian, I still feel that Libertarians should have a strong voice in government.
I’ve been considering Christmas lately, and what my part in it should be. I’m not Christian and I generally am very anti-corporate, so the usual way I celebrate seems a bit counter-intuitive.
This is a question many people use when debating the existence of a god. Who decides which of us are good people? What constitutes a bad thing happening?
Categories: Philosophy
As an artist and self-proclaimed peaceful freedom fighter, I cling to my first amendment rights. This is not because I believe the right to free speech is powerful enough to protect me. It is because my belief that this right SHOULD be powerful enough.
The modern world has made the concept of ownership a fact of life. From the moment we’re born we are indoctrinated with the ideas of what is yours and what is mine. The terrible twos are when we generally fall in love with the concept of “mine!” Some people developed further into that aspect of […]
Categories: Philosophy
Many people believe in the existence of souls. The soul is described as: 1.) The principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part. […]
Categories: Philosophy
There are no concrete rules or laws that should be followed no matter what. Each person has their own set of values that they take seriously. The rest is just things they do (or don’t do) to avoid some form of external consequence.