Can we have a public open discussion on the question of if we have the right to decide when we want to die
Why should I be denied the freedom to sell my organs?
Throughout our lives we sacrifice many things for money- relationships, comfort, time- if I can rationally decide, with no duress, that dispensing with an organ is my preferred mode of raising money why should I be prevented from doing so? Particularly given that it may save the life of someone in urgent need.
What paradigm will replace the current power-centric economic, political system?
What is the one mechanism that will unify all of humanity for common good?
I am asking because we are becoming more convergent at the same time we are becoming more divergent. We have the power to build and destroy each other and ourselves. I want to know what we are doing today to ensure humanity exists for future generations at the same time the earth is changing/evolving.
Why are immeasurable, unautomated, irreplacable things (arts, education) valued so little financially?
Because I have a vested interest in both, and I’ve yet to receive a good answer.
Asked by:What’s happened to spirituality? Who are we anyway aside our bodies and brains?
What are the problems that money solves? Are there other solutions?
Why after the fifteenth century philosophers de bunked religion and with all the trouble in the world to-day why does the establishment promote it
If a piece of meat is grown in a lab (and was never part of an animal) is it actually still ‘meat’?
As a constantly-lapsing vegetarian, I am interested in both the science and philosophy of meat. I know many others are too.
Asked by:Should Elizabeth St in Melbourne become a creek again?
Elizabeth St in Melbourne is prone to flooding, and beneath the streets runs a creek (Williams creek) which seems to be desperate to reassert itself. Other cities have successfully (re)integrated waterways into their cities, notably Seoul, South Korea. Should Melbourne do the same?
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