I've been around. Just never had the time to drop by.
Thunderbird has a philosophy class, it can truly be enlightening at times, not all the time, but sometimes.
Anyways, the last assignment is to write a personal philosophy.
You can see where I might come in right?
There was a short section before the real writing, multiple choice.
Here are my answers.
1. I believe that, ultimately, everything that exists is:
Spiritual or Physical
Material or Physical
Both Material and Spiritual
Neither Material nor Spiritual
I went with the fourth. Obviously a chair is a material object, but it does not exist. What distinguishes myself from a chair, why do I exist? I think. But thinking is no spiritual process, it's something else.
2. God, spirits and the afterlife:
Exist
Do not exist
May or may not exist
I went with three. The story of God is so amazing and whimsical, it's hard to believe. But so is life. There are so many questions, so little answers. Religion is a toss-up.
3. What is true, is what:
Corresponds with reality
Is coherent
Is useful
Is so
I went with the last again. There is no way to really justify that. Truth just is.
4. We:
Do or can not know anything
Do or can know anything
Do or can know many things
Do or can know some things
Number one is my answer. Nothing can be certain, nothing 100 percent.
5. Whether an action is right or wrong, depends primarily on:
How it affects me
How it affects the happiness of the majority
The reason or motive for the action, regardless of the consequences
Whether it pleases God
How we feel
I went with how we feel. I will explain after
6. For example, sexism, apartheid, murder or rape is:
Right
Wrong
Both right and wrong
Neither right nor wrong
The last. For myself, those are all wrong. But since I believe right and wrong off feelings then "Right" and "Wrong" will always be majority rules. Everyone feels different, some people think killing is okay sometimes, that's fine for them. But a true right and wrong cannot exist.
7. Given my:
African experience
American experience
Asian experience
European experience
International experience
Human experience
Went with the last.
8. I think that one should live a life of:
Whatever they wish. Do what you want, live your life. Should you stumble, find a better footing. Always listen.
9. The most basic principle I hold dearly and wish to recommend to others is:
Listen
My reasoning being, you can have your opinions, I'll have mine, but there are so many sides to each story and only when you hear them all do you see clearly.
10. Because of the following considerations, I believe that life has:
Meaning
No meaning
Life has meaning. Perhaps not inherently, but it's there. Somewhere.
11. To summarize my philosophy of life in one profound statement or sentence, I would say that life is: just this. It's living.
My reason being, with all the views on life it can't be defined and boxed up, packed neatly in a sentence that explains all. It's simply living.
That's that then. Hope you enjoy part of my philosophy of life.
