Questions tagged [individualism]
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What is the meaning of this Zaman Ali quote? [closed]
“Creating individuality, which creates and protects others' individualities is good.”
― Zaman Ali
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What is the relation between the individual and the collective? [closed]
What is the relation between the individual and the collective? What is the most popular contemporary view, especially Marxist one?
Naively, I think that no individual matters at all (including me), ...
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Do general "oughts" imply "cans"?
Does "ought" generally imply "can"? Suppose someone ought to change the flickering lightbulb. Does that mean someone can? Does it mean that someone who "ought to" can? ...
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Is it true that a technological society has to weaken family ties and local communities if it is to function efficiently?
From The Unabomber Manifesto by Ted Kaczynski:
The breakdown of traditional values to some extent implies the breakdown of the bonds that hold together traditional small-scale social groups. The ...
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Are some narratives worse than death?
Are some narratives worse than death? I'm not talking about psychological or physical suffering, but narratives (what actually happens, as we understand that, as humans) that are worse than it just ...
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Was John Stuart Mill really influenced by the romantics?
In this passage from Individualism and economic order (1948) (Chapter 1, pp. 25-26), Hayek, although he does not use the term, seems to accuse/disdain Mill for defending an individualism very much ...
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How does the Enlightenment philosophy tackle the asymmetry it has with non-Enlightenment societies/traditions?
The Enlightenment thinkers emphasize the individual human being, over his cultural or ethnical affiliation.
This is done by a faith in a universal capacity which is reason, a distrust towards ...
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How do classical liberals reconcile individualism with nationalism?
Classical liberals are basically supporting individualism and a small government (Locke, Hayek, Friedman). The small government being there to insure basic services such as the military, the police, ...
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What is the difference between a "human being" and an "individual"?
What is the difference between a "human being" and an "individual"?
I have the intuition that "human being" is more associated with concepts such as dignity, a ...
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Exploring philosophy behind "Catch-22" novel: individual in war
I am looking for the name and possibly deeper development of the system of ethics / morality exemplified by the attitude of Yossarian, the main protagonist of Catch-22 novel by Joseph Heller. ...
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How can one reconcile individual and social interests?
The conflict between the interests of an individual and those of a group/society plays on many levels:
Economic relations It can be framed as a conflict between liberalism/individualism and socialism....
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How would Nietzsche metaphorically apply the concept of a 'mind control parasite' to human philosophy, in relation to the will to power?
In Frederich Nietzsche's works, when he discusses a 'parasite,' he is indicating the following:
a complete lack of nobility of disposition when someone prefers to
live in dependency, at the expense ...
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Putting together a book list on individual vs collective thinking
I am very interested on comparing the drives to and results from individualist vs collectivist thinking. I'd like about 5-10 books and for them to portray both sides of the argument. So far I have:
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How real is the distinction Durkheim makes between the 2 forms of individualism in his 'Individualism and the Intellectuals'?
A summary from Britannica:
The French sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) identified two types
of individualism: the utilitarian egoism of the English sociologist
and philosopher Herbert Spencer (...
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Philosophy of non duality or oneness it's equivalent in west
In India there is a philosophy of non duality / oneness / enlightenment...
And people practice it...
Is there something similar in western philosophy ?
Also there is this idea that the individual the ...
