Philosophy Reflection Paper

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The average everyday person is born into the world and is raised under a set of beliefs. These beliefs are from a cultural , religious or from any other sociological standpoint. He or she is told that this is this and that you should always follow this cause of reasons. These beliefs and morals were already given to us from the get go and as a whole we just go with the flow. No one ask or wonder where these teachings come from or why they are applied in our lives. There are numerous set of morals and beliefs that come into conflict against one another.Not to many people sit back and wonder why are do we have these beliefs and also the truth behind them. This is where the philosophical mind comes into play to wonder about the truths of all the …show more content…

Philosophy centers around morals,self,knowledge,understanding and the social values that we have. As far as metaphysics reality and self comes into question. Do we have personal freedom of choice or is it limited? What is the nature of reality and self? Is there a god? Does life have meaning? All these questions makes us wonder about not only our existence but everyone 's existence overall. Metaphysics hits the core of our religious beliefs and our simple understanding of the universe. For me I believe that life does have meaning because we are here for a reason. Nothing is done by accident there 's always a reason why something has taken place. A person 's meaning has to be sought out throughout their lifetime whatever it may be. I do think that there is a god but not like the one that christianity portrays. I believe that god could be the universe instead of a divine human being. As for reality and self my belief it 's stretchy. I think everyone has a soul and in most cultures it is preferred that the heart or the pineal gland in the brain is the soul. In a way it makes sense for the pineal gland to be the soul because that were the crown chakra for eleintentment resides. Most of my conclusions for the questions that metaphysics bring are mostly from second hand knowledge that i 've attained for some years. My viewpoints will change over time even if science has debunked them. For the …show more content…

Police are not conducting their authority like they should. The situation repeats itself over and over. Its nothing new, its been going on for decades. Almost seems corrupt in a sort of way and it 's up for the people to sit back and think for themselves on how they can change things. At this point it really doesn 't seem the government is for the people let alone the police. What 's very ironic is that the symbol, lady justice, is blindfolded. Showing that the cases are not brought into the right light in the justice system.I believe that we as a people should govern ourselves, police our own communities if we are so independent. The nature of beauty is the reflection of one 's reality in a sense. It is what they find appealing even though most others might have a different viewpoint on it. We all have different ways of expressing our art. Most artist are open minded to other 's work or new ideas that they come across. They work around no boundaries, and this is a good sense of philosophy that is being taken

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