The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts - Unknown
Captain Cynic Guides
Administrative Contact
Talk Talk
Philosophy Forum
Religion Forum
Psychology Forum
Science & Technology Forum
Politics & Current Events Forum
Health & Wellness Forum
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
Product Reviews
Stories & Poetry Forum
Art Forum
Movie/TV Reviews
Jokes & Games
Photos, Videos & Music Forum
Tagged > Ricoeur society
THREAD Society & Sociologyfashion
26 Posts • 8435 Views
Psychology Forum
You can work against a problem or with the problem; I prefer the latter. Lets just seperate cause from effect. Of course you are on the right lines with the causal connections and the reasons why p...
THREAD Emotions & FeelingsMixed Emotions/Open Your Mind
16 Posts • 7578 Views
Psychology Forum
Okay, normally, I would ignore this, but it's too good to let go. 1. You say that everywhere you look is pretence. Have you ever thought that these people might actually be like that? That it is...
THREAD SpiritualityThe Logical VS The Faithful
0 Posts • 10410 Views
Religion Forum
Perhaps but I looked it up the dictionary which define it as lazy? The NT quotes something about those who did not toil (work) & purposed 'that they that do not toil should not eat?' J...
THREAD SocietyReforming Convicts
3 Posts • 4126 Views
Philosophy Forum
I'm posting this in response to a discussion I saw on DaySide on CNN. It was about how Penn State fired a professor that they had hired. This professor had gone to prison for murder, had been sen...
THREAD Law & GovernmentShould violent criminals be castrated?
18 Posts • 9518 Views
Philosophy Forum
A society where mutilation of humans is acceptable as a strategy to reduce violent crime is, by no means, a "civilized" society. There's also the "wrongful imprisonment" thi...
THREAD What's Masculine and Feminine
19 Posts • 8322 Views
Philosophy Forum
I think it has a lot to do with genetics. In most mammal societies, males are genetically made bigger, tougher and more competitive (they compte for leadership and females). Females on the other hand,...
THREAD HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 26427 Views
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
Society: an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships Notice the plural of patterns and relationships. Choosing to be homosexual remo...
THREAD Sexual BiologySex, Handwriting, and Evolution.
5 Posts • 7075 Views
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
I think it is a generalization (not every girl has better handwriting.) But it is a trend in society. If you asked Freud, he would mention one of his fixation theories. When toddlers are being p...
THREAD Human Nature & EmotionEmotions
17 Posts • 6849 Views
Philosophy Forum
and I realized that anger was an extension of sadness, when I thought about it, of course I was mad, but I was more upset and hurt then I was mad. I dont know, way to strong of emotions that I have ev...
THREAD Physics & CosmologySomething out of nothing
40 Posts • 8565 Views
Science & Technology Forum
A good minor point wayback. Its not so minor. I would probably say most major inventions were spurred on by war; but I wouldn't say major understandings or discoveries were brought on by war. To...
THREAD HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 26427 Views
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
..but homosexuality is fruitless to heterosexuals. As heterosexuality is "not" fruitless to homos..because heterosexuality benefits and permits humanity. More than one of us have stated w...
THREAD Habits & BehaviorShort Men
59 Posts • 31187 Views
Psychology Forum
I done some research online of death row inmates in Florida and found that the rate, in respect to the proportion of the population that short men are represented, decreases the shorter they get. From...
THREAD BiologyScience versus Instinct
37 Posts • 11248 Views
Science & Technology Forum
human instict have almost been trained out of us. our more advanced society has caused us to follow "social norms" instead of instincts, there a re given things that we can and cant do accor...
THREAD Right or wrong....
300 Posts • 57398 Views
Philosophy Forum
"if it is based on a gut feeling, than what is the purpose of morality in the first place? should all gut feelings be trusted? " NOPE. In fact I believe the whole history of man is basical...
THREAD Reality & MetaphysicsCan we know only what we are prepared to know?
2 Posts • 1857 Views
Philosophy Forum
Can we know only what we are prepared to know? If an individual has never learned to add and subtract that individual cannot learn how to divide and multiply. Our American educational system, K...
THREAD Reality & MetaphysicsQuestioning Reality: Are we for "Real"?
118 Posts • 35744 Views
Philosophy Forum
Actually I really wouldn't want to find out the answer to the question, "Are we real?" What if we weren't real, and some idiot in another dimension is playing with us like ants. Th...
THREAD Homosexualityborn gay
182 Posts • 44752 Views
Sexuality & Intimacy Forum
First of all, you shouldn't beleive everything you see on the web, because most of it is complete BS. No because all that a group need to do is convince people that they are being discriminate...
THREAD A Thing Called Shame
19 Posts • 5659 Views
Philosophy Forum
So it seems to me that we've reached the conclusion that societal intervention is ok to an extent. My question (referring back to my first post) is has societal shaming been decreasing? Is societ...
THREAD Anarchy... don't you need a rule for that?
48 Posts • 11031 Views
Philosophy Forum
the idea behind anarchy is not to simply remove all the rules and watch the chaos begin. the idea is to create a mindset amongst people where the type of rules we have would not be necessary. anarchis...
THREAD GovernmentPro Communism in America
14 Posts • 18296 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
If I may input a simple idea that Communism is the intended goal of a perfect society working together. The closer, as a society, we can work in this manner the more we can achieve; Such as hosting a...
THREAD Emotions & FeelingsMixed Emotions/Open Your Mind
16 Posts • 7578 Views
Psychology Forum
I've often asked myself the same questions since finishing school and at times in my life when I have been studying and unemployed. The social norms that exist in society have been manufactured over c...
THREAD SocietyWe, consumers
8 Posts • 3222 Views
Philosophy Forum
Erto, At the moment I am inclined to believe that mass consumerism is ultimately the product of any society which strives for power (over the elements, over other societies). I think we have rea...
THREAD PhotographyDownTown
5 Posts • 3110 Views
Art Forum
As some may have noted I tend to like understanding aspects of technology especially older technologies . . . their advent in society is directly related to use of such technology but to a large exten...
THREAD the person above me
299 Posts • 47713 Views
Talk Talk
Want's his own society.
THREAD LawStatutory Rape
14 Posts • 4450 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
The consent of a child is the choice to have sex period, if they are acting out, exploring, whatever. Its not a notion I find overly tasteful, but I too have been conditioned to respond. If a horny...
  3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    11  
About Captain Cynic
Common FAQ's
Captain Cynic Guides
Contact Us
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
General Forum Rules
Cynic Trust Levels
Administrative Contact Forum
Registration
Lost Password
General Discussion
Philosophy Forums
Psychology Forums
Health Forums
Quote Submissions
Promotions & Links
 Captain Cynic on Facebook
 Captain Cynic on Twitter
 Captain Cynic RSS Feed
 Daily Tasker
Copyright © 2011 Captain Cynic All Rights Reserved.   Terms of Use   Privacy Policy