What Is The Mind Body Problem

Normally the individual would describe the mind-body problem as the mind being non-physical and the body being physical. Mind is software in the brain's hardware. The "stuff" of mind is pure information. Information is neither matter nor energy, though it needs matter for its embodiment and energy for its communication. The mind-body problem tries to explain the relationship between mental processes and the likes of beliefs, actions, and thinking. The approaches to this problem is usually catorized in two categories, Dualism and Monism. Each of these categories contain numerous variants. The two main forms of dualism are substance dualism, which holds that the mind is formed of a distinct type of substance not governed by the laws of physics, …show more content…
Some say jump overboard. Others say everyone for themselves when lowering the lifeboat, and women and children are trampled in the chaos. There are those that say that only certain passengers can get on the lifeboats first (like women and children). These multiple answers to this dangerous situation causes complete chaos, and it is almost certain that more lives will be lost then if there was only one will. On cruises now there is a protocol that is laid out when the ship begins to sink. This protocol becomes law when disaster strikes. Though this protocol comes from a committee that is made up of multiple people, it is in that situation in which it is one will. In this example, multiple wills only complicate …show more content…
To answer in the terms of my last argument; if a crime is committed then it is a crime against the king. If this is the case then punishments do not need to be justified. It is because of this that in monarchies that crime is probably lower. People in America has lost its fear of consequences. Our consequences not is free TV, three square meals a day, free healthcare, and at worse you by die by being put to sleep. To lower crime there must be a fear of consequences. In history we see men and women die at the hands of the guillotine, the hangman’s noose, and burned at the stake. In fact, if you just stole something you would lose a body part. These methods worked until we allowed the wills of others to invade our justice system. Those people said that our methods were too inhumane, barbaric, outdated, and that we could find better ways. We allowed the morals of others to invade and dictate how the justice system would be