(NN) What are our obligations to others and how far do our ethical obligations extend?

Like I have said in previous blogs, humans have obligations to them-self first, society second. We are obliged to make our life helpful to the race while keeping up moral obligations and keeping your-self happy.

(NN) What is more fundametal the indiviual or the group?

I think that neither is more fundamental then the other, that human’s need both to survive. Individually if humans didn’t think of them-self first they would not survive but on the flip side humans could not survive with out each other.

(NN) How are the two sexes related?

Sad to say I think that there are genetic qualities that set females apart from males. Males are prone to being more aggressive and violent where as women are prone to beings more gentle and nurturing, in humans as well as many other species on Earth. It is this fundamental difference that has led to the evolution of the thought that females are subordinate to males because women don’t tend to be violent to get what they want; they’re the more empathetic of the two sexes. Just because I believe in this difference does not mean that I think that women should be considered subordinate or be given less rights then men. Women are equal, just different, and should be treated as equals. This is the 21st century and any thoughts that women are subordinate in Western culture is just naïve and slightly barbaric. Yes, the idea women’s equalities is still a newer idea in Western thought but it is not one that should be disregarded for that reason.

(NN) How shall we live?

Every person should live their life doing what they like while helping out society at the same time. Meaning, that one should find a way to make what you like to do into something that will help man-kind. Someone who loves to teach should become a teacher, because not only will it make them happy in life but it will also be good for man-kind because we can’t survive as a race without teachers.

(NN) What can we know?

I think that humans will never know all there is to know about anything. It’s a sad thought but I think that there are some things we should just not know in this form of life. That’s not to say that we should try to learn all we can know. The search for meaning and reason is one of the things that sets humans apart from other animals and it is something we should continue to do

What is our Telos or destiny?

I believe that every person has a point or reason here on Earth, and that is to make a positive difference and a lasting impact on at least one person’s life. People can continue to live after they’ve completed this, or their death may be the thing that makes the impact. Once a person is dead I believe there is an afterlife for us to look forward to. Being Christian I do believe in heaven, but, I do not believe in Hell. The Bible says that God is all forgiving so based off of that he would never condemn someone to Hell.

Do we have free will or are we wholly determined by antecedent causes?

I like to think that humans have a free will to do as they chose. But, I also do believe that some things are predetermined by factors one can’t control. Who our family is, where you go to school as a kid, who you marry (pre-arranged marriage), those are the types of things that you can’t control. So the human life is a mixture of both free will and antecedent causes.

What is the truth about human nature

I feel that humans are embodiments of our spirits, made in the image of God. And I do follow the typical view held by religious people that humans have a divine essence in us because of our link to God and that we do have to be righteous and try to follow in the words and teachings of Jesus Christ.