Why do political philosophers value political rights so highly (voting, representation, certain expression, etc.) but give short shrift to economic rights (property & contract)? (www.reddit.com)
In "Cunk on Earth", Egyptologist Tyledesly says "I don't think they had many homeless people in ancient Egypt. People looked after each other, I think." Did ancient Egypt (or other ancient societies) not experience homelessness as we know it today? (www.reddit.com)
Nowadays, when anyone dies before 70-75, it is considered tragic. Even deaths in 50s and 60s are thought to be really sad. Has it always been this way, maybe with lower ages? Or were deaths out of the blue just expected, aside from wars, and plagues, obviously? (www.reddit.com)
If someone cover their eyes for a year straight without seeing any light, would it just be really bright when they take it off then slowly adjust back to normal or would it have a permanent affect on the persons vision? (www.reddit.com)
Why do sonic booms happen at the speed of sound specifically? What does the speed of wave propagation have to do with the compression of air in front of a moving object? (www.reddit.com)
Croatia has a population about the size of Los Angeles. How can we not find 11 soccer players in the United States good enough to advance in the World Cup? (www.reddit.com)
I have read that the Zapatista uprising of 1994 came in part because Zapatistas were worried about the effects NAFTA would have on their indgenious communities. So were they right to be worried? Did NAFTA damage the indenious of Mexico? (www.reddit.com)
Early Irish law texts like the Críth Gablach and Uraicecht Becc say things like ‘[peasants] are not entitled to butter’ but what does that mean? They couldn’t make or possess butter, or that they couldn’t be given butter at a public feast or as alms? (www.reddit.com)
Modern jokes aside, what’s the latest known instance of English people (presumably nobility and/or military) still being sincerely sore about the loss of the 13 colonies? (www.reddit.com)
What was the make up of general Italian meals before the introduction of the tomato? and how would one be able to compare it to modern Mediterranean fare? (www.reddit.com)
Lyndon B. Johnson is often perceived as masterful in his ability to persuade or lobby Congress, for example in securing the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Is this reputation deserved, and is he really such an outlier? (www.reddit.com)
I’m a Roman soldier in the late Republic/early Empire era, and I suffer an injury that leaves me unable to fight. What happens to me? Am I removed from service early? Or will I be given some sort of non-combat role (or the closest equivalent thereof) within my legion? (www.reddit.com)
(Realistic answers only) You're on the roof of a 2 story building with no ladder or fire escape. Time is running out. How do you get down? (www.reddit.com)
I am a viking during the height of Danish raiding in the west, I am a Veteran of several raids and know how to fight well, my neighbours farm appeals to me, I know is not much of a fighter, could I challenge him to a holmgang for it? (www.reddit.com)
Is it ethical to participate in a behavior currently deemed socially acceptable, even though you expect society’s view to shift to consider it differently in the future? (www.reddit.com)
Being the first to the enemy’s walls during a siege sounds like certain death. What motivated people during the Middle Ages and Antiquity to be the first to climb the ladder or siege tower? (www.reddit.com)
Postwar West Germany became home to considerable numbers of Turkish immigrants, and 3-7 million Germans today have recent Turkish ancestry. What drove Turkish migration to Germany? What led to Turkish immigrants settling down long term rather than a more seasonal or circular migration pattern? (www.reddit.com)
When it comes to Norse mythology, Valhalla is far more well known that Folkvangr, where half of the dead of battle went. Why is this? and did the Norse view Folkvangr as preferable or a worse fate than Valhalla? (www.reddit.com)
Why did people make it so that the conventional date systems (MM DD YYYY and DD MM YYYY) can't be accurately interpreted if the day is below 13 and you don't know which format is being used? (www.reddit.com)
Ethical/Moral arguments against Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) for those with mental illness? What does MAiD for those with mental illness say about how we view death and dying? (www.reddit.com)
Why do you we say "a double edge sword" as if it was an exception? When did this expression originate? Was it common to only sharpen one side of the blade? (www.reddit.com)
I'm watching a documentary about Moussolini and there were a few scenes where it seems that him & Hitler were conversing with each other without interpreters. What language did they used? (www.reddit.com)
Question about Desire: Is it possible for a person to want to do something, to be able to do it, and not to do it? Are our desires determined by our perception of them, or what our actions reveal them to be? (www.reddit.com)
Have living things always had an immune system? How did they survive / evolve to deal with diseases, and how does that compare to modern immune systems? (www.reddit.com)
In 1916, Life Magazine published a map depicting North America if the Central Powers won the Great War, with the US partitioned between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and... Japan. Except Japan was an Allied power. What might have led to the map's creators including it among the victors? (www.reddit.com)
Let's says we're in late 700s France and my job is to prepare a feast for Charlemagne. What does the prep and execution for a meal that grand look like with the food and tools I have available? (www.reddit.com)
Does parenting get easier? I wake up at 6am, get ready for work, wake up my 9 year old, get him ready, pack his lunch, school, go to work, pick him up at school, dinner, help w home work, play, go to sleep, start over. And today someone asked me “what’s your purpose in life”. I started crying. (www.reddit.com)
does anyone else just feel like they’re existing? nothing really feels fun or exciting anymore and you don’t really feel like doing anything unless you have to? (www.reddit.com)
The persistence of Jim Crow was because the U.S. is a historically majority-white nation. How did a minority-white population in South Africa institute apartheid? (www.reddit.com)
Single men of Reddit, how often do you genuinely praise a women on their looks to be nice without ulterior motives to go out with them or just sleep with them? (www.reddit.com)
What is the view that Good and Evil do not inherently/objectively exist, but that each person has their own subjective view of what is Good and Evil? (www.reddit.com)
“Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink?” (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Did pre-industrial ships not have a still or some other system to desalinate ocean water on board? A distillery system would have been pretty compact and low tech, right? (www.reddit.com)
Did women in the past really faint from seeing mice? Did people get frightened into permanent institutionalization by seeing criminals? Why was everyone so sensitive? (www.reddit.com)
George Washington is known for warning about the pernicious influence of political parties and polarization. But given how few democracies or republics there were in his day, what examples would Washington have been thinking of? (www.reddit.com)
What would a utilitarian respond to the ethical statement: “parents should always choose the -genetical- best children” and how would that differ from a Kantian-deontology response? (www.reddit.com)
If a hypothetical universe were to not contain a single conscious life form to be able to perceive it, would this universe even exist? (www.reddit.com)
How did the classical musicians 'drop' their music? How did anyone know, for example, when Beethoven was about to drop a banger? Was their an announcement? (www.reddit.com)
Problem of Evil: Are there any philosophers that argue that the inequitable distribution of suffering indicates that there isn’t a God? (www.reddit.com)
When put on trial, Socrates refused to fake-weep and performatively bemoan that his children and wife would be left destitute without him. But they were after he was forced to drink Hemlock. Did Socrates's rich friends, like Plato, step in to support them? (www.reddit.com)
I read Smilansky's "Should We Sacrifice the Utilitarians First?", and wonder to what degree it's 100% serious, slightly tongue in cheek or something else? (www.reddit.com)
I don't agree with an assumption of the question and I am unsure how a philsopher would approach answering this. (Philsophy student, Practical Ethics, Medical Ethics) (www.reddit.com)
It's 112 AD, and I'm a middle class Roman citizen. Is it safe for me to travel to any part of the empire, or are there still cities/provinces that are inherently dangerous? (www.reddit.com)
Did sheep fur always just endlessly grow or was that something that was selectively bred? Were they originally naturally adapted to be going through a lot of foliage and thickets and stuff that would keep their coat relatively trimmed? (www.reddit.com)