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Towards an Ideal State: The People

Philosophical ideologies shape the political landscape where people organise themselves in societal structures. Those ideologies, once rooted in what was believed to be inherent, divinely-given rules of conduct that governed only basic behaviour, evolved into concrete laws regulating the smallest details in every realm of modern societies. The process of selecting behavioural rules can be...

Toplumsal Hedeflerin Önemi

Birçok konuda bireyler için geçerli olan şeyler toplumsal seviyede de geçerli olurlar. Eğer biri çalışkansa başarılı olur ve eğer bir toplum çalışkansa kalkınır. Biri maddiyata çok önem veriyorsa kişiliği zayıftır ve bir toplumun çoğunluğu maddiyata önem veriyorsa manevi açıdan çürük bir toplumdur. Beyin yapımızın ana özelliklerinden biri ise kendimize hedefler koyduğumuz zaman hayatımızda her şey...

Is Normative Change (Im)possible?

People only change when they see a benefit in the change. The benefits or advantages can, of course, vary. Someone who greatly values his health will adapt his unhealthy habits to increase his physical well-being. Others value material things and, hence, will adapt their behaviour to increase their financial gains. There always seems to be...

Toxic Politics: Left vs. Right

Two hundred years ago, nobody would have had a clue what could hide behind the title of this article. Today, everybody has a very specific idea about what is meant by it. What is common terminology today, is actually a very recent development. Without going into much detail about how we came to view the...

How to End Wars & Violence

No healthy person would ever desire to experience violence in any form. It is one of the underlying threats shaping our behaviour and which we have to adapt to. Though humans have a tendency to seek danger, we avoid violence by nature. But how come there is so much violence in this world? How come...