God and the Meaning of Life: Is the existence of God necessary for Life to be meaningful? Alicia Johnson Jackson State Community College Phil 2430 Most people find it difficult to accept the stressful events of life such as the death of a loved one‚ serious injury‚ bankruptcy‚ divorce‚ etc‚ especially when something “senseless” events happens. How can family and friends come to terms with a death of a talented college student‚ not even 20 years old? Through its emphasis
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1. Interests “Sixthly‚ he would be surprised to hear that the mechanism of the watch was no proof of contrivance‚ only a motion to induce the mind to think so.” (Page 56) William Paley confidently suggests that there must have been a designer to make such a complex piece of machinery due to the undeniable fact that‚ to make something so complex‚ a well thought out plan is needed. A watch has intricate components that have a distinct shape and position within the watch. According to Paley‚ all
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Free will is fundamental to human existence (Arnason‚ 2011). Neuroscience implies that free will is not a defining feature of humanness‚ but is in fact an illusion concealed by biochemical complexity (Burns & Bechara‚ 2007). Developments in neuroscience have led us to question our views about whether we have conscious free will (Heisenberg‚ 2009; Nahmias‚ 2009; Smith‚ 2011). Various experiments into the phenomenon appear to show that we do not have conscious free will‚ however these experiments have
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views concerning the status of moral judgments and the existence of moral facts. Moore‚ in his‚ Subject Matter of Ethics‚ argued that moral facts do exist and can be true or false but must be indescribable. Stevenson‚ in his‚ The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms‚ disagreed with Moore and said that moral judgements can’t be true or false they simply can inspire certain feelings of approval or disapproval in humans. Mackie‚ in his‚ The Subjectivity of Values‚ would disagree with both and say that there
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intermediate between male and eunuch‚ which is described as feminine.” - Simone de Beauvoir‚ The Second Sex (1952)‚ p. 249. Feminine Subjectivity: From Possibility to Reality During the past forty years‚ theories of subjectivity were common in art and social science discourses. All of these different theories‚ as opposed to the past Cartesian model of subjectivity‚ were almost agree on this hypothesis that the subject is not a complete self-contained being who flourishes in the world as an expression
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The Paranormal Phenomena intrigues ourselves to imagine what happens after death? Is there a "spirit" that passes to another body or becomes trapped in another dimension? Near death experiences have patients recalling mysterious white lights at the end of a tunnel. Is it merely the brain starving for oxygen? A survey performed to lawyers‚ doctors‚ and other professionals revealed 70% believed in God‚ or a "higher power" after witnessing amazing recoveries or life experience. Are we alone? The question
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Most compelling evidence that made Socrates father of Western Philosopher - Socrates‚ who was born in 470 BCE in Athens‚ Greece was acknowledged as the father of Western Philosopher with most compelling evidence. First‚ Socrates paved the way for his students Xenophon‚ Plato and the world. Definitely Socrates is believed to being the first thinker and philosopher to discuss modern moral and philosophical questions and influenced many which are still applied to today’s modern world. Secondly
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Objectivity in Hiroshima At 8:15 A.M. on August 6‚ 1945‚ the President of the United States of America ordered the dropping of an atomic bomb over Hiroshima causing the death of an estimated 66‚000 people. The journalist‚ John Hersey‚ wrote a 30‚000 word essay in 1946 entitled‚ Hiroshima‚ which was later turned into a book. In 1985‚ Hersey added chapter five which tells the stories of the six survivors’ lives after the bomb was dropped. While writing Hiroshima‚ John Hersey was supremely objective
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three individuals damned to a hell unlike any other. The first and only Act opens upon the arrival of Garcin. He is escorted by a valet into a room furnished with Second-Empire furniture where he shall be spending the rest of his eternal existence. The valet‚ the only other character besides the occupants of this room‚ is amused by Garcin’s pre-conceived notion of hell. Garcin observes there are no mirrors‚ nor anything breakable in the room. He then shouts that they should have
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St. Anselm’s Proslogion A lot of people wouldn’t believe you without anything to prove your point. One good example is law. An individual or a group of people can be sued only if there is real proof or evidence‚ a witness‚ and/or a motive to do the wrong. If these things aren’t present then they cannot be sued or proven guilty. But in Anselm’s point of view‚ why and how would people believe in the divine Lord if we had not seen him yet even once? When we have said that we only believe what
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