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Continue reading →: The Pursuit of Comfort: Destruction of the Modern World“Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is tragedy. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance creates lack. Ignorance creates disease. Ignorance will shorten your life. Ignorance will empty your life and leave you with the husks, nothing to account for.” – Jim Rohn The willingness to disregard information, situations, research, facts, and truth for…
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Continue reading →: Absolute Freedom vs Civil Liberity: The Tension Between Autonomy & Governance“Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.” – John Adams It seems instinctive that humans yearn for freedom. The American Revolution is a classic example of this phenomenon. Each colony had its own government, but they were controlled by the Brittish King, King George III. Without the…
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Continue reading →: The Trolley ProblemA man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. – Albert Camus Before introducing an ethical dilemma, we have to understand and agree on what the word “ethics” means. The two primary definitions of ethics from the Oxford Dictionary are: So, to say a behavior, activity, decision,…
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Continue reading →: ExordiumThe beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions. – Epictetus The most fundamental truth that one must recognize to begin to interpret thoughts and ideas is that in its essence, every thought or idea is subjective. The natural byproduct of subjection is conflict. When a thought…
