• Reforming Education: There is No Quick Fix

    (Mortimer Adler Quotes) An adequate reform of public education in our school system cannot be accomplished by anything like a quick fix. We suspect that anyone who thinks otherwise cannot fully understand the shape of an adequate reform or all the obstacles to be overcome in achieving it. The books to be read should not be limited to those written in English.... Instead it should be devoted to the great works of...

  • Violence is not just Physical – Words that Underpin Intolerance

    Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn’t merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence. When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a C...

  • Reforming Education: There is No Quick Fix

    (Mortimer Adler Quotes) An adequate reform of public education in our school system cannot be accomplished by anything like a quick fix. We suspect that anyone who thinks otherwise cannot fully understand the shape of an adequate reform or all the obstacles to be overcome in achieving it. The books to be read should not be limited to those written in English.... Instead it should be devoted to the great works of...

  • What is the root of all evil?

    So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears or of the...

  • Why do I feel oppressed?

    Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual material gain, which is accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy, on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits, in the classic formulation. Now, it has long been understood, very well, that a society that is based on this principle will destroy...

Posts tagged Philosophy

Issues That Underpin Capitalism

Dec 10th

Posted by Andrew Crichton in Philosophy

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The basic system that underpins capitalism is autocratic control, whereby, central systems and institutions control, manipulate, and then manoeuvre products as merchantable, thereby establishing an ordain value for a product, and thus, create a niche need. Under capitalism, everything is for sale, and the more money you have acquired, the more property and power is attainable. Freedom, just like any other commodity, is also marketable to those with the highest offer, and the more affluent a person is, the greater the indulgence of freedom becomes. This falls directly into contravention with democracy. By definition alone, democracy is not possible alongside More >

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Why do philosophers make simple questions appear obscure, complicated and confusing?

Feb 22nd

Posted by Andrew Crichton in Philosophy

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The simple answer is that life is obscure, complicated and confusing, but I don’t believe this suffices as an adequate response. Perhaps a better way to describe why philosophers tend to make simple questions complicated is due to life’s multifariousness. Life is multifaceted, diverse and often perplexing, which is why it often leads to multiplicity within answers and dissimilar ideologies amongst philosophers. Human beings obviously differ incredulously, and so do their opinions. And although many philosophers have sought to better human knowledge, amongst valid opinions often has been concealed innuendos, hidden agendas and inflated egos.

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