Materialism in the Modern World How much do you value your possessions? Do you value your belongings more than you value your friends‚ family‚ love or yourself? The truth is that obsession with possessions has become a way of life in today’s society. Materialism‚ the theory or doctrine that physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life. This means that people now look to worldly possessions for happiness. These possessions are then used to
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Materialism is a problem to our society because people are becoming obsessed with it. Obsession over anything is never a good. Our society is becoming obsessed to the point that it is affecting our lives negatively. People that were once living comfortably are now struggling to get by each day at the cost of looking like a rich person on the outside. A materialistic person is someone who values things such as image‚ status‚ beauty‚ or popularity‚ more than they value intrinsic factors (being a good
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“Dualism Defended” The focus of the article “Dualism Defended” by J.P. Moreland is the conflict between Physicalism‚ the idea that the only thing that exists is matter‚ and Dualism‚ the idea that not just a body exists‚ but a mind/soul as well. In his article‚ J.P. Moreland argues against Physicalism. He presents that if theism is true‚ then Physicalism must be false because a God is not a physical entity and must therefore fall under the mind/soul category presented in Dualism. Also proposed
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For centuries philosophers have debated on monism and dualism‚ two different philosophical views of the human person. Philosophers have been trying to decipher whether the person is made up of the mind‚ the body‚ or both. Monists hold the belief that existence is purely based upon one ultimate "category of being" this means that either the person is made up of only the body or only the mind (Morris p155). Dualists hold the belief that existence is based upon the body as well as the mind and its mental
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Statistics -Air pollution has caused the quality of air to become unhealthy -Sixty percent of americans live in unhealthy air pollution levels -Vehicles in transportation cause air pollution from combustion engine exhaust. Examples of these vehicles are cars‚ trucks‚ jets‚ and air planes. -One of the worst places with air pollution is Los Angeles‚ California -Air pollution is all around the world -Power lines and their high voltage cause air pollution -Pesticides used to kill pests cause
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Summary of idealism From the book: Craver‚ S.M‚ Ozmon‚ H.A. (2008). Philosophical foundations of education (8th edition) Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall. Idealism‚ the theory that reality is based on absolute truths (or forms) and not materialism‚ is one of the oldest systematic philosophies in western culture. Chapter 1 discusses the philosophy of several outstanding philosophers associated with idealism. The chapter breaks the philosophers into three areas:
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Response To Reading Dakota Zimmerman This article‚ “The Psychology of Materialism‚ And Why It’s Making You Unhappy” written by‚ Carolyn Gregorie was very relevant to my life today. I could have told you that materialism can cause negativity without ever reading this or learning about the studies they have conducted to prove this correlation between unhappiness and materials. My mother has always told me that your own happiness should not be based on the situation you are in‚ but rather what
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Arguments of Dualism Dualism is the theory that mind and matter are two distinct things. The main argument for dualism is that facts about the objective external world of particles and fields of force‚ as revealed by modern physical science‚ are not facts about how things appear from any particular point of view‚ whereas facts about subjective experience are precisely about how things are from the point of view of individual conscious subjects. They have to be described in the first person as
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