... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ...nd a sperm is even more serious philosophically: the creation of a fetus limits the set of all potentials embedded in the genetic material to the on... ... The fetus is the collapse of the wave function: it represents a much more limited set of potentials. If killing an embryo is murder because of the... ... the input or the output (both in Chinese). Searle generalized and stated that this shows that computers will never be capable of thinking, being c... ...h an independent copy of a book of instructions). The receiver can be passive (as television is). In such a case we will not be justified in sayin... ...uld be ridiculous to assume that a multitude of English speakers would. But reality shows that this is exactly what will happen. A single molecule o... ...n vitro fertilization to space travel. Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool - or an a... ... Israel. Nor is Dershowitz's proposal to have the courts issue "torture warrants" (Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2001) unprecedented. In a contro...

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... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...ychological Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...s what much of science and most of education is all about. If we can get a better grasp of the appropriate sciences and develop an appropriate set of... ... happened to us in the past and somewhat by our present day thinking. I assume you are aware of the brain imaging work by neuroscientists that shows ... ...e and our civil laws are based on that premise. But is it true? Some say what we consider to be free will is merely an illusion. Some research shows ... ...n the brain often takes priority over the logical section of the brain. This has an effect on our buying habits, our preferences for films and televi... ...und toy. He inserted electrodes into the rats‘ pleasure centers then showed his rats how to trip a switch and get an electric ‗high.‘ Then he set up... ... the street corner businessmen guarantee you happiness when you buy their mind altering wares. And the marketing of sex in books, movies, and televi... ... remember one time she, and a very short classmate of hers dressed in a tuxedo, and with her in her best formal, appeared on the floor of the Los An...

...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF G...