Category: Philosophy
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Corporation: Earth
This week it was announced that the Walt Disney Group have agreed a $52.4bn deal to purchase assets belonging to the 20th Century Fox group, in a deal which could create one of the largest media conglomerates in the world. We live in a world where organisations like these control an alarmingly large part of…
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What are the practicalities and politics of preserving the Status Quo?
The world is an ever changing place; more and more people and society as a whole exist in a state of flux. Yet amidst this constant state of change, there is the constancy of the world itself. This world is not a new one and has steadily evolved over the centuries to become the society…
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What would happen if a government or political party decided to tell the whole truth?
In today’s political arena, the truth is often the first casualty in the rush to sway popular opinion. The rise of spin has worked in tandem with a very old practice, the practice of rhetoric. Rhetoric was in itself a product of the Ancient Greeks who used it as a way of increasing status in…
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What are the practicalities and consequences of definitive proof of the existence of God?
The Question of the existence of God is the fundamental question that has occupied the thoughts of scholars, theologians and philosophers since the beginning of human knowledge. Religions have been founded on the various schools of thought, wars have been waged in the name of God and entire civilizations have risen and fallen directly or…
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Would a world ultimately free of choice be a better one?
An examination of the absence of choice, its possible applications and likely side effects.
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What is the answer to Life’s problems?
For many individuals, finding that one panacea answer to life’s problems becomes a central part of in their esoteric experience of life. Humanity manifests many answers to this problem, do this 5 times a day and your life will be better, purchase this item and your life will be improved significantly. All of them offer…
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