The non-philosophical stimulus under examination is The Sandlot(1993), specifically the scene where one of the main characters, Smalls, decided to remove his stepfather's’ special baseball from his den. Smalls does this because his friends are in desperate need for a ball in order to continue their summer of fun. When searching for spare change in his house, he comes to the den and sees what looks to be a great opportunity to take. The heart of the movie relies on the moral aspect of one’s decisions as well the societal influences and how they affect the average person. This stimulus explicitly points toward the core theme human nature. The question this movie creates is if it is apart of our nature to want to give to others, and if so why?
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“Descartes is usually referred to as a dualist, who accepts two basic substances—mind and body—but in fact he thought there were three kinds of substances: physical bodies, minds, and God.” We choose our decisions on our own regardless of any influences or passions, they are our own. It does not matter about the external forces around us because it comes down to us making the final settlement. He claims that our passions stem from our moral judgement, as does everything else. Our moral compass is embedded in our soul, which means the agreements of our decisions come from us and only us. Our passions do not drive us away from logical reasoning, therefore we call the shots, always. The purest of decisions though, are the ones that disregard passions because passions are misleading. You should avoid relying on them at all costs, because they can make you perceive life as a dream and you’d never know. As shown in the quote above, the mind and body are separate, we choose our decisions based off our moral attributes before passions are even considered. How can we trust ourselves, what we see if the same perspective our our life is the same as in our dreams? This then leads to further truths that you have taken as ‘capital t’ truths that you know will questions whether your senses of passions have mislead you. He says to assure yourself of the real truths, roll out all possible influences that could come upon you at the time, or any downfalls referencing to the Meditations I and
“Descartes is usually referred to as a dualist, who accepts two basic substances—mind and body—but in fact he thought there were three kinds of substances: physical bodies, minds, and God.” We choose our decisions on our own regardless of any influences or passions, they are our own. It does not matter about the external forces around us because it comes down to us making the final settlement. He claims that our passions stem from our moral judgement, as does everything else. Our moral compass is embedded in our soul, which means the agreements of our decisions come from us and only us. Our passions do not drive us away from logical reasoning, therefore we call the shots, always. The purest of decisions though, are the ones that disregard passions because passions are misleading. You should avoid relying on them at all costs, because they can make you perceive life as a dream and you’d never know. As shown in the quote above, the mind and body are separate, we choose our decisions based off our moral attributes before passions are even considered. How can we trust ourselves, what we see if the same perspective our our life is the same as in our dreams? This then leads to further truths that you have taken as ‘capital t’ truths that you know will questions whether your senses of passions have mislead you. He says to assure yourself of the real truths, roll out all possible influences that could come upon you at the time, or any downfalls referencing to the Meditations I and