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Could Nietzsche's love of fate be utopian?
Amor fati—the love of fate—is one of many Nietzschean terms which seem
to point towards a positive ethics, but which appear infrequently and
are seldom defined. On a traditional understanding, ...
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Positive Freedom v. Negative Freedom: a binary or a spectruum?
I got interested in this question when I realized that, on one hand, some people who disagree with me (and argue for mean ideas) are fond of this distinction and, on the other hand, my ideas and that ...
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Infinite regresses and AI: are they compatible?
I haven't been thinking about this very long, but when I encounter an infinite regress, I recognize it as a problem and then look for ways around that (avoid, make it virtuous, I don't know). I may ...
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Was Nietzsche an amoralist?
Was Friedrich Nietzsche against morality, or at least in favor of not giving it importance? For example, what would Nietzsche think of someone who qualifies for what he considers the Ubermensch or ‘...
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Is Heidegger's Dasein Free or Destined?
While Heidegger's Dasein seeks to redefine the human subject in terms of being-in-the-world, does he fully break away from Husserl's subjectivity and lebenswelt?
In his detailed study Not Saved, Peter ...
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Hegel's Notion of beauty and it's connection to "freedom"
can someone PLEASE make sense of this for me
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-aesthetics/
"In Hegel’s view, this sensuous expression of free spirit constitutes beauty. The purpose of art, ...
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Expansion of the universe and its effects upon causal determination and freedom of choice [closed]
TL;DR: Does the continuous expansion of the observable universe quite literally create more directions from which totally unpredictable surprise influences can come? I think the answer is "Yes!&...
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What does "authentic action" look like for Sartre?
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what is required of an authentic choice is that it involve a proper
coordination of transcendence and facticity, and thus that it avoid
the pitfalls of an uncoordinated expression of the ...
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How do we determine what freedoms people should have, and how does that process account for taboos, not just consent?
Why does consent matter, if taboo does not? Suppose more or less everyone agrees that incest or cannibalism is wrong, in what way is that thinner than the parties involved agreeing? Is it some kind of ...
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What are the moral arguments for slavery? [closed]
We undoubtedly must have read and heard passionate arguments justifying the abolition of slavery, be it from the clergy, and philosophical and political clerisy; however, what has been absent from the ...
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Does the paradox of tolerance mean that intolerance cannot be allowed in a tolerant society?
Rainer Forst describes tolerance as a social norm. So intolerant people and groups violate the social contract by denying the social norm of tolerance. See Hobbes, Locke, Kant et al on social contract....
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Should freedom of speech accept speech against liberal values? Such as hate speech?
Should freedom of speech accept speech against liberal values such as diversity? Focusing on a particular scenario as an example: If people want to protest against the existence of say black people, ...
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When is an illusion liberative?
I was thinking about cinema and how it might encourage us to see ourselves as movie stars in our own narratives, maybe like existential literature but without the sense of being trapped in that, and ...
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Help with the basic idea of free choices for Sartre
what is required of an authentic choice is that it involve a proper
coordination of transcendence and facticity, and thus that it avoid
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How is Rawls's "liberalism" reasonably classified as liberal by this SEP article?
According to this Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article...
Given that liberalism fractures on so many issues — the nature of
liberty, the place of property and democracy in a just society, the
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What are criticisms of reducing desire to form freedom?
. As Berlin puts it, if I have a wounded leg ‘there are two methods of freeing myself from pain. One is to heal the wound. But if the cure is too difficult or uncertain, there is another method. I can ...
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A question about Rousseau's conception of freedom
In his Lettres écrites de la montagne, Rousseau writes this:
It's all very well to confuse independence with freedom. The two things are so different that they are even mutually exclusive. When people ...
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Are we free to be ourselves or only free to express who we are?
A stone is free to be itself as long as it is not interferred with through some force acting to change it.
But if we are only free to be ourselves and not free to be other than ourselves, then there ...
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Why is consent important?
We cannot see or feel consent. Why is it important when its existence cannot be proven?
The importance of consent seems to rely on the principle of respect for autonomy or self-determination; for one ...
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Criminals the proof of free will?
Are criminals the proof of free will? They are told the law, not to steal, for example, but they do it anyway. Free will is independence from other agencies, governments, people, entities, etc. Does ...
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Is it necessary to freedom of thought that racist ideas must be tolerated? [closed]
Is it necessary to freedom of thought that racist ideas must be tolerated?
Why isn't the paradox of tolerance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance) also biased? In other words, why can'...
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Isn't it is unethical that lawyers protect their client even after knowing the client is guilty, isn't its injustice to the true person?
Imagine a lawyer already knows the guilt of his client, has all the proofs then too why he protects the unethical side, isn't that injustice to the other side.
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Which philosopher is most famous for his view on academic freedom, and in which text?
Which philosopher is most famous for his view on academic freedom, and in which text? I am looking for particular texts on academic freedom.
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Which philosophers believe freedom (liberty) is more important than one's own life and how did they argue this?
In history, are there any philosophers who believe that freedom (liberty) is in general more important than one's own life and wrote books/articles to argue this? What are their arguments/reasoning in ...
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Is human person really and absolutely free? [closed]
Is a human really and absolutely free? When can we say that they are free?
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Does freedom leave us 'determined' to be free?
I am wondering what the error in reasoning is that asks why it is that freedom appears to leave us determined to be free, and whether this is itself not a form of unfreedom.
If we are by nature free, ...
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Why does "being able to do otherwise" not count as having free will?
Hello my question is a relatively simple one. But it is also one that seems to have alot of different complicated answers. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to derive a concise clear answer as to why ...
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If free will is an illusion doesn't that mean it exists?
Illusions are thought to be things we think that aren't true. For example, I had the illusion to find all answers on this site. But I don't find them all. For example, when I approached the house, it ...
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What is the rationale of making a big deal of the distinction between positive and negative liberty?
In political philosophy, Isaiah Berlin's distinction between positive and negative liberties is very influential. Many took this distinction and went on to argue that a political system should, first ...
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John Locke makes a distinction between voluntary actions and free actions
In Part II, Chapter 21 of his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke makes a distinction between voluntary actions and free actions. Explain how Locke understands this distinction.
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Mill's On Liberty: Democracy and Diversity
I was wondering why J.S Mill believed that democracy hinders diversity (and societal improvement through that)? Or perhaps I've misunderstood him and he was really against populism?
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What is freedom of speech?
There are various questions regarding freedom of speech, but didn't find any about what it really means.
Therefore, what does it mean freedom of speech?
Is it the right to say everything without ...
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What is the decisive point for classifying a certain speech as unacceptable?
How did it come to be determined that certain (hate) speech is unacceptable?
What is the decisive point?
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Do philosophers have some arguments regarding possible explanations for origin of free will?
Assuming that some free will exists or is real, what major philosophical arguments have been offered regarding the origin of free will? The Philosophy StackExchange post Is the theory of evolution a ...
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Is "human dignity" sufficient to be a "foundational value"? Why?
Is "human dignity" sufficient to be a "foundational value"? Why?
Human dignity as per human rights (and associated laws) use them.
I personally have great difficulties in subscribing to the idea of:
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Does anyone talk about freedom from yourself?
The question may seem vague -- what do I mean by "yourself"? I googled it, and there's something by the Indian mystic Osho, and it's the title of a book on the Persian Islamic poet Rumi. But does any ...
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25 years of philosophy precisely the ones between Kant and Hegel, philosophy of freedom?
Why were THE 25 years of philosophy precisely the ones between Kant and Hegel, per Dieter Henrich and older writings on them?
And what does this have to do with Kant and Hegel being first and ...
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What is the difference between free will and moral agency?
I've heard a lot of people get confused about the differences between free agency, free will, and moral agency. What really is the difference?
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According to Stirner, are other humans "spooks"?
Of course, Stirner was very much the individualist. I've not read much of The Ego and His Own, and doubt I'd make much sense of it.
If I were to make a big thing about other humans not being "spooks",...
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Do Nietzscheans think not lying to yourself has intrinsic value?
Do Nietzscheans think not lying to yourself has intrinsic value? It's just a guess, that they might, even though Nitezsche claimed "everything is permitted".
I don't think it works completely in the ...
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Who are the author of the principle "everything is permitted that does not contradict the freedom of others"?
Who are the author of the following philosophical principle?
everything is permitted that does not contradict the freedom of others
Where are roots of this principle?
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Is Classical Sharia Law as described in the Koran compatible with the Constitution and current US Law? [closed]
When discussing whether Muslims can successfully integrate into American culture, it is important to consider the political component of Islamic teachings known as Sharia Law.
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How this dilemma (about freedom) go? And where is it from?
I'm not sure if this is the right SE to ask, but it seemed like the best fit.
I once saw this "dilemma" in the internet, but I don't remember where or exactly how it goes, I hope someone herealready ...
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How many academic Philosophers in Australia are still influenced by John Anderson “Andersonians”
John Anderson was a well known Philosopher in at Sydney University whom influenced many involved in the Sydney push and the those involved in the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. Are any of his ideas ...
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Privacy in the modern context [closed]
In Roman times, 'privacy' had more to do with one’s “private” domain where one is the master of one’s own house rather than the sense we have today where the emphasis is more on one’s private thoughts,...
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What is the difference between intellectual freedom and spiritual freedom?
What do the two, intellectual freedom and spiritual freedom, mean and how do these two differ?
Intellectual freedom is widely known but I can't seem to find reliable sources that point out the ...
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Is freedom a paradox?
The notion of freedom is clearly paradoxical. If everyone is free to do whatever they want, they are free to restrict other people's freedom, and hence those people are not free. If this is not ...
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Jean-Paul Sartre freedom question [duplicate]
Jean-Paul Sartre claimed we are totally free. This might lead some people to think they can show no concern for others and do whatever they want. He warned, however, if everything is based on free ...
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How can I abandon beliefs supplied by the culture?
I have beliefs which seem irrational and trivial to me. These beliefs diminish my freedom. But still, guilt is produced when I am not acting in accordance with these beliefs.
I am not speaking about ...
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According to Kierkegaard, is freedom not possible?
If my understanding is correct, then Kierkegaard (The Sickness Unto Death) is saying that freedom is impossible.
What I understand from reading:
Guilt is directly proportional with the realization ...
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