trolley problem
"The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics and psychology, involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number" -- wikipedia.
Arts & Humanities
"The meaning of life is to justify your suffering"
Request: ... the meaning of life is to find a "why" that justifies the involuntary suffering that might come along with it. I came across this idea in Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search for Meaning.'
Thomas Sowell
Priority request. "Economist, economic historian, and social theorist. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative" -- wikipedia.
Valhalla
Request: Doc has calibrated during a video lecture that there exists a realm that can be called Valhalla – a warrior's heaven. Is it really a heaven?
all problems are rooted in errors of thought
Request: could refer either to thinking erroneously, or to erroneously believing that thinking per se can answer any problem.
homo spiritus
An emerging new species of man? Dr. Hawkins suggested mankind going over 200 (awareness only) signified "the opening up of a new era of human evolution, i.e., the emergence of Homo spiritus" (RSMM).
fate (concept)
Priority request. "The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power" -- merriam-webster.
'psyche' in Jung’s works
Jung believed that the psyche is a self-regulating system, rather like the body, one that seeks to maintain a balance between opposing qualities while constantly striving for growth -- journalpsyche.org.
monism
Priority request: Erwin Schrödinger saw it as plausible and it is said to align with non duality teachings.
The Great Courses Plus
"Academically comprehensive and relentlessly engaging, our courses bring lifelong learners face-to-face with trusted professors and subject matter experts on topics ranging from science and history to philosophy and religion to travel and professional growth." By request.
Emily Dickinson, poems of
Her works are calibrated at 435 (awareness) in Truth vs. Falsehood. By request.
doctrine of double effect
"sometimes it is permissible to cause a harm as an unintended and merely foreseen *side effect* (or 'double effect') of bringing about a good result even though it would not be permissible to cause such a harm as a *means* to bringing about the same good end." Priority request.
Judith Butler, philosophy of
Request: Seems she has played a significant role in preferred pronouns push and gender performativity.
Foundation Books (Asimov)
Request: There is a current Apple TV series which you have calibrated purporting to be based upon these book. Values portrayed in the show are nothing like those portrayed in the books.
determinism
"a philosophical view where all events are determined completely by previously existing causes" -- wikipedia.