A few of the more popular foundations are consequences, religion, and feelings, just to name a few. ... Some would argue that it is possible to make an ethical decision by examining the different possible results that will occur from different courses of action. ... Religion provides a set of guidelines that one should live their life by. ... There are loads of similarities between religions throughout the world in the values that they hold and what they view as wrong. The trouble arises because there are also scores of differences in the beliefs that different religions hold. ...

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The peoples of India, and China, along with the Greek followers of Plato would each have their own view of what the good life means to them based upon their different philosophical views. India's major religion was derived from the word, "Hindu." ... Alson, the belief of reincarnation is crucial to the caste system and religion. ... The Confucian thought was much more practical than others, and was strong enough to remain that way while other cultures were falling under different religions. The Confucian thought was somewhat religious, but in comparison to others, very different. ...

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There is a vast gap between the different realities of these two influential philosophers and between the ways they understand the world. ... It is true that both of them were influenced to a certain extent by Hegel but the way they interpret him is completely different. ... He took the Hegelian concept of a world driven by the historical struggle between ideas and their antitheses and replaced it with a world driven by the historical struggle between different classes for control over the means of production. ... Despite the acknowledged differences, the philosophies of Marx and Kierke...

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When we begin an argument, others are not immediately in a position to accept claims that oppose their own beliefs, we must somehow reason back to our claims from something more immediately evident. ... Confirmation bias is the tendency of people to favour information that confirms their beliefs. ... It is often in times like this where other forms of reason begin to take place, for example it cannot be scientifically proven that God exists, yet numerous amounts of people around that world continue to believe and follow a religion to worship what others consider a mystical being.   ... Arist...

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God has the power to influence the world to his desires and wills, however it leaves humans with little moral responsibility for their actions. ... Through religions we have learned to attribute the success and happiness of an individual as being a work of God. ... From a dualist point of view the substances of the mind and body are different, however Leibniz showed through his work that they are the same. ... The foundations in his book focused on the interaction between one's soul, the exterior world, and God. ... Ultimately humans are responsible for the pains and pleasures of their ac...

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Part I analyses the historical-philosophical developments and conditions of a current way of Western thinking and living, their immanent dynamics and their relation to the present ecological crisis. This part also investigates Schelsky's thesis that from modern time onwards a specific epistemological model has become manifest, laying the foundations for our technological-scientific society. ... Comparing the theories of Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Francis Bacon, Hobbes, Newton, Locke and Vico, each in their own way reflects the above mentioned, adage. ... Part I exposes the relations...

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