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Philosophy that makes sense- A philosophy blog

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I have philosophy as one of the courses this term and though it is a common opinion that philosophy "doesn't make sense" , I realised that a few concepts do really answer the common questions that pop up in the human mind but are actually ignored.  Deontology Vs Utilitarianism What is right ? What is wrong? According to Utilitarianism, anything which produces happiness or pleasure is RIGHT while anything which leads to pain is WRONG. It is basically based on maximizing the HAPPINESS for the most number of people. Say, you have a substantial amount of drug which can CURE 5 people but the same amount can SAVE the life of one. What would you do?  Mostly, SAVE 5. Basically, you selected the happiness of 5 over one. ULTILITARIANISM. Then there comes deontology wherein you are RIGHT if you follow RULES , WRONG if you don't. These rules could be general rules , Religious rules or other.  Let's take an example,  YOU SHOULD NOT STEAL. But wait, if yo...

5 quotes from amazing books

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1. "But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time." - The five people you meet in heaven , Mitch Albom 2. "I am in love with cities I have never been to and people I have never met." - Paper Towns , John Green 3. " You're the narrator, the protagonist and the sidekick. You're the storyteller and the story told. You are somebody's something but you are also yours you." - Turtles all the way down, John Green 4. Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere and I hope it's beautiful. - Looking for Alaska , John Green. 5. " You have to get lost before you find yourself." -  Paper Towns , John Green