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Tag Archives: Responsibility
What positive changes do you want to see?
What positive changes do you want to happen in the world? [ 14/April/21 ] I want all people to accept the logical necessity that freedom without responsibility is destructive. Every level of structure has necessary sets of boundaries for its … Continue reading
How can younger generations avoid overwhelm?
How do millennials and Gen-Z keep being hopeful for their future and not be overwhelmed with the negative aspects of climate change/economic downturn/society that’s more divided than ever? [ 3/April/21 ] By becoming as aware as possible of science and … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Politics, understanding
Tagged cooperation, Responsibility, risk mitigation, social organisation, understanding
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Why study and care for the environment?
What is the essence of the study of our environment? Why is there a need to protect, preserve, and take care of the environment? [ 28/Mar/21 ] We are a part of nature, the most complex experiment of evolution to … Continue reading
Rights and responsibilities
[ 26/Mar/21 Ngaio posted a Cherokee Elder statement about the differences between rights and responsibilities focus of cultures.] Freedom without responsibility necessarily destroys the conditions that made it possible. Freedom only ever works with responsibility. We all need to make … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged Responsibility, rights, understanding
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Is ethics without religion possible
[ 14/Mar/21 Walter Kant – The Foundations of Logic – Is Ethics without religion possible?] Yes. When one understands the strategic systemic underpinnings of the process of evolution, and one has a reasonable self interest in living a very long … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged complexity, Ethics, religion, Responsibility, understanding
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Environmental awareness
As a citizen, how do you promote environmental awareness? [ 11/Mar/21 ] Take someone out, and actually get them engaged with some aspect of nature. Doesn’t matter what – whatever it is that interests them? One conversation, one engagement, at … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, understanding
Tagged environment, nature, Responsibility, understanding
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Responsibility for discoveries
Scientists accept no responsibility for what is done with their discoveries. Do scientists believe that science is more important than humanity? [ 7/Mar/21 ] Anil Mitra and Scott Currier both give reasonable answers, but the question is not accurate. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged complexity, Ethics, Responsibility, Risk, risk mitigation, science
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Will climate change be a problem
Will climate change be a problem in our lifetime, or should we leave it to the next generation? [ 6/Mar/21 ] It is a real problem now. It is one of very many real problems we have now. Loss of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change
Tagged Climate change, complexity, cooperation, Responsibility, understanding
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On the nature of freedom and responsibility and being human
Why is uncontrolled human activity the biggest threat to the environment? [ 5/Mar/21 ] David Simpson makes some reasonable points in his answer, but I will approach it from a different set of perspectives. Those perspectives are mostly around exploring … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged complexity, freedom, models, Responsibility, Risk, risk mitigation, uncertainty, understanding
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Social responsibility on the government alone?
Does every societal responsibility, to build schools, give jobs, etc., fall on the government alone? [ 4/Mar/21 ] No. At every level of complexity, cooperation is required for survival. The huge issue for cooperation is that naïve cooperation is always … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, cooperation, Evolution, future, Politics, Responsibility, understanding
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