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The Bible was written some 40 years after the event and is certainly not fiction....it is up to you to believe or not believe in the event.

Clint Eastwood.........punk ;)

I did did`nt I. :)

I must remember to answer the question asked and not to deviate :(

I mostly agree with you Green Knight. Regarding good and bad; something one person/group/tribe/nation will see as bad another will see as good. There is a train of thought that if someone sees something as genuinely and truly good even though most others know it to be bad, to that person it...

This reminds me of a short (about a minute) film that has been shown on tv a few times. I think it starts with some one sitting at a table. The camera then pulls back, away from the table across the room and out through the window. You see the house, the street, the town, the country, the...

I am not sure. But thinking it through I would think that 99.99% of people do gain self-satisfaction in one way or another. I think that self-satisfaction is unavoidable. Most of us feel better for being able to help someone else, even just their 'thank you' is enough to give us a sort of...

Oh but I understand completely-ish the way in which the concept of altruism is being applied here; you asked me what the golden rule was. You said that If one individual carries out an act that meets the above guidelines, then it is an example of altruism weither the individual wishes to...

Altruism or The Golden Rule (for example), do to others as you would have them do to you. Would only apply if some one followed the rule or belief. If someone does not follow the rule then Altruism does not apply to them. There is a train of thought that you can not have Altruism between friends...

I have read Novella`s post again, her words are...if you were against going to war in Iraq. Ok I will beg to differ on her wording, she was personalising the example and I was suggesting that many so called activists are those that have now changes sides with the benefit of hindsite. The...

Altruism is the Golden rule

Thank you for calling my question fatuous (foolish, unintelligent, stupid). The point is, you have to judge things, events etc. on the information you have to hand. A rock star or band who agree to appear at a Liveaid concert will know that this is going to give them a lot of publicity and...

So who would be the more generous, the Rock star who does a free concert which is broadcast all over the world and the money raised from the concert runs into millions, but then they benefits because their album sales rise, or the little old lady who gives a few pounds to charity?

But then there may also be a flaw in the above example; if that person does not believe in the Golden Rule.

The sky Who does Ian Flemings James Bond most look like?

According to Wikipedia a sociologist is interested in the social interactions of people and their consequences, so I guess I`d say `sociologist`. With philosophy there are always more questions than answers. For example....now that I have over 300 tv channels to watch on my television, why is...

I don`t think they will ever replace books, (even with electronic books). But maybe its a bit like when tv first appeared, people thought this is the end of books. Most people will find a balance between books,tv and video games. There will always be those who watch to much tv, play to many...

I think this is where things may get a bit deep. My favorite author has written about 20 fiction books in as many years and I`ve read them all, but I don`t remember in much detail most of them. They passed the time....at the time....for me, but watching Tv would have done the same thing. Books...

ok thanks jaybe, can I put Sharon Osbourne in with her then?

Divina Macall