h1 A FEW PHILOSOPHICAL? MORAL? MISC.? QUESTIONS FOR YOU ---------- 2024-08-12 I want you to throughly think through these and not just give several sentence answers. Really think through these, and consider a lot of perspectives. This isn't a challenge of speed. Each one of these could be an entire article. Not that you need to write one, but I want you to actually think it through again and again. 1. Why is (or why isn't) the family unit important? 2. Should children have an obligation to their parents? Why or why not? 3. What is the meaning of life? a. Should life even have a meaning? Why or why not? 4. Should people with power do everything they can change the bad? Why or why not? 5. Similarly, if you had the ability to go back in time, is it moral for you to go back and prevent tragedies? a. Should and would you? b. Is it a sign of strength or a sign of weakness to do so? 6. When faced with technologies with immense impacts such as time travel, should it be available to the people? a. If not, who gets to moderate them? And can we trust them? b. Should we completely destroy all time travel technologies if they are invented? 7. What is love? a. Is it a social construct? b. Could you live without it? Do you really, really need it? 8. Should we cure mortality? Why or why not? a. Without sickness and aging, how long could you last? 9. Can you hold several opposing beliefs on one topic? a. If not, well why not? b. If so, how so? 10. Who do you want to be? Really, really want to be? a. And how are you going to get there? 11. Scared of the future? Why or why not? a. Or do you feel nostalgic? And why?