Your mind. Your values.
Individual Valuism is a philosophy based on the belief that goodness exists only as a perception of individuals.
Major points are below. The main text contains a full description of the philosophy. Articles are written occasionally for additional comments.
Full text of the
philosophy
Latest article: Reading the Bible,
Part 10 (April 2019)
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Value or goodness is that which
causes reality to be influenced in a positive way
"Something is of value if it causes a desirable outcome."
Value only exists relative to a
point of view
"Knowing value requires a mind to think in the same way as knowing
beauty requires eyes to see."
The individual is the basic unit
of knowing value
"When a cat eats a mouse, it is good to the cat and bad to the
mouse."
Understanding causality is the
best method for determining what is good
"If one arbitrarily assumes the existence of a supernatural
force that is not actually real, he is likely to lose sight of what makes life
good to him."
What society considers to be of
value is not always applicable to individuals
"The importance of wisdom and truth to an intelligent person cannot
be validated or invalidated by the views of anyone else."
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54 |
April
2019 |
Summarizing Paul’s success. |
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53 |
August 2015 |
Heaven is easy and permanent in Baptist franchises. |
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52 |
May 2015 |
A history of division for the Jesus franchise. |
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51 |
April 2015 |
Don’t bother with contradictions. |
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50 |
March 2015 |
A popular new heretic appears. |
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49 |
February 2015 |
Daniel, Jonah, and tribalism. |
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48 |
January 2015 |
Ecclesiastes good, God’s rants bad. |
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47 |
November 2014 |
Children’s books: Mysticism for beginners. |
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46 |
August 2014 |
Avoid made-up Hell by refusing to think. |
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45 |
June 2014 |
Racists with no critical thinking skills. |
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44 |
March 2014 |
Murdering children and exalting murderers. |
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43 |
January 2014 |
No reason to trust an ancient dictator. |
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42 |
August 2012 |
Some ideas are too stupid to be considered true or false. |
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41 |
May 2012 |
Final changes to the main text. IV Revision 4 Word File with changes tracked |
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40 |
January 2012 |
A closer look at what is right in a world with many wants and limited resources. |
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39 |
September 2011 |
Balancing individual and cultural values with fantasy sports. |
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38 |
July 2011 |
On the lack of critical thinking skills shown in the failed 2011 doomsday prophecy. |
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37 |
May 2011 |
When you give all your attention to religion, your real life suffers. |
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36 |
December 2007 |
Truth alone does not give you purpose. |
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35 |
November 2007 |
Behaviors are not really virtues if they do not have good results. |
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34 |
August 2007 |
21 things that I wish I knew as a child. |
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33 |
June 2007 |
Two arguments why the notion of sin is illogical. |
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32 |
June 2007 |
What is the ultimate purpose in life? |
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31 |
May 2007 |
People need to stop assuming that morality is objective. |
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30 |
May 2007 |
Some people care more about getting along with others than what is real. |
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29 |
April 2007 |
On the unfairness but necessity of inheritance. |
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28 |
April 2007 |
Final 2007-2011 changes to the main text. IV Revision 3 Word File with changes tracked |
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27 |
March 2007 |
Three incredible stories from the family of NFL coach Tony Dungy. |
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26 |
March 2007 |
“Sexual predator” hunters often violate freedoms instead of catch wrongdoers. |
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25 |
February 2007 |
Criticism of Pascal’s Wager. |
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24 |
February 2007 |
Things happen as they are made to happen. |
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23 |
January 2007 |
A popular commercial encourages individuals to avoid peer pressure and drugs. |
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22 |
January 2007 |
More changes to the main text. IV Revision 2 Word File with changes tracked |
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21 |
December 2006 |
You can always resolve to live a better life. |
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20 |
December 2006 |
Christmas special: Jesus did not deserve praise at birth. |
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19 |
December 2006 |
Final 2006 changes to the main text. IV Revision 1 Word File with changes tracked |
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18 |
November 2006 |
More changes to the main text. |
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17 |
November 2006 |
Changes to the main text. Original version of the IV text |
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16 |
October 2006 |
Criticism of the watchmaker analogy. |
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15 |
October 2006 |
On the importance of having feelings for others. |
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14 |
September 2006 |
Seriously, your values are based on your perceptions. Seriously. |
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13 |
September 2006 |
On a famous study about moral development in children. |
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12 |
August 2006 |
Tips for students: Be responsible and know what you are there for. |
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11 |
August 2006 |
Day 6 of the Purpose-Driven Life: Purpose is giving glory to what you pretend to exist. |
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10 |
August 2006 |
It is hard to live in reality when you build your thoughts on a fantasy. |
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9 |
August 2006 |
On society’s preference to repress people in the interest of safety. |
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8 |
July 2006 |
Day 5 of the Purpose-Driven Life: Real life is meaningless. |
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7 |
July 2006 |
No one can decide your emotions better than you. |
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6 |
July 2006 |
Days 3-4 of the Purpose-Driven Life: Live for a being that you pretend to exist. |
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5 |
July 2006 |
Why it is impossible to develop values without input from your senses. |
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4 |
July 2006 |
Day 2 of the Purpose-Driven Life: Life just happens to you. |
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3 |
June 2006 |
Day 1 of the Purpose-Driven Life: Nothing good should happen in your life. |
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2 |
June 2006 |
Individuals often identify with groups for shallow reasons. |
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1 |
June 2006 |
Society often declares what is good or bad without knowing why. |
Last update: April 7, 2019