There were many ideas discussed in the article, most of it is about multiculturalism. Some ideas gave me confusions maybe because i'm not familiar with the idea or I cannot fully understand the because of lack of certain knowledge. With multiculturalism, it was said in the article that it is the equal value of all cultures but rejects the idea that there are general truths, norms, or rules respect to both knowledge and moral. By its definition, does it mean we all have to base our decisions without being superior with the other culture? What if our decisions will cause inferiority to our own culture, is it a bad thing? Or is it when you make decisions, do you have to convince the majority that your decision is right? Does it make you a bad person or immoral if you made a decision that is considered wrong in your culture wherein it is your own belief? These questions are formed in my mind after reading some part of the article. Also, many factors affect our beliefs specifically our race and culture. Yes, it is true, but what if other culture rejected our beliefs because it is wrong for them? So with this article, it is not my fault if I didn't fully understand it. To be honest, during the time I was doing this reaction paper, I was in the hospital, watching my mother suffering and I have no choice but to write this reaction paper right away for submission. I know it is not related with the topic, but I have a need to explain it. :)
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Philosophy: An Important Guide To Be Confident In Life
SOCRATES ON SELF-CONFIDENCE
After I watched the video, there are so many things that I learned and mademe realized that I should stand by my beliefs. The video showed that Socrates is a man of freedom and hungry for information that made him questioned people in Athens and wanted to know how people think and what are their beliefs. Socrates said that most of the people follow the majority's decisions or opinions or people who are in higher position of the influential ones because people thought they have the brilliant minds to produce brilliant ideas. He thought that we should all reflect on our lives and that we are all capable of doing something worthy to stand up for. I thought, maybe Socrates was right. We should not be afraid to stand and deliver our thoughts and ideas. Socrates wants us to have the self-confidence with the beliefs that we live in. It was also shown in the video that the host asked the passers-by the questions, "What is justice?" or "What is self-control?" (just like what Socrates did), for me, asking makes you more informed and it will help you to determine what is wrong or right or maybe what is true or false. We should respect the beliefs of others and don't force them to follow your ideas just because you think you're right. We should be open-minded with other people's ideas. I also learned some steps on how to determine if our beliefs is worth standing for: look for statements that most people would describe a normal old common sense, find an exception to it then if you find it, it may be false or imprecise then continue to find exceptions until you prove that your belief is true. Philosophy will indeed help me to live and to be informed with great ideas and lessons from other people and their experiences.
----------------------------------------
Try to read this short story about self-confidence. Worth of your time: Self-Confidence: The Painter And His Son
My Purpose In Life
GOD GAVE US LIFE IN PURPOSE.
That purpose might be related to your family or something that will change someone's life. You will not know your purpose unless you struggle and start to ask why God has given you this life. In my situation, I think one of my purpose in life is to make my parents feel loved. Though, I grew up with a broken family but I still communicate with my father who is in abroad and I live with my mother. Recently, I've experienced struggles and I was scared that it might change my whole life. I was there for my mother, to support and guide her through her darkest hours and gladly, she survived. Maybe God created me to correct the mistakes of my mother and give my father another chance to be a father to me. It will not only change me life, but who knows, I might fulfill their purpose in their lives. But honestly, this is not only my purpose. I don't think so. I still have missions to accomplish and that's for me to find out.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Experience how beautiful life is by listening to Jason Mraz's Living The Moment
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Major Lessons Learned
In Philosophy, relativism is a popular theme for philosophical debates. There are many faces of relativism: Cultural relativism, a view that no culture is superior to any other culture where all beliefs and norms are equally valid, depending on the cultural environment. With this, the moral code dictates what is right or wrong within a society. It claims that there is no universal truth; Conceptual relativism, it claims that man should shape the reality by the way how he conceptualize it; Constructivism claims that reality is not emperically investigated or observed only but interpreted, manipulated to construct; Post modernism says that people should believe or truth is created by powerful people; New relativism says that there is a common truth. With these different faces, do you still know or do you even know what philosophers are debating about?
For me, each society have different norms and beliefs, we cannot just accuse them that what they're doing is wrong or right (based on our beliefs) because they live in a different society. Lesson learned?
-- Think before you judge.
Here's a video summary of what cultural relativism is:
Here's a video summary of what cultural relativism is:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)