American Philosophy

Humans are moral beings because they have freedom to choose. The reason gives humans this freedom. Man has to have goals toward which to exercise one's power. Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression. In order to avoid serious psychological problems, a human being needs goals whose attainment requires effort and he or she must have a reasonable rate of success in attaining these goals. Animals do not have sins, they do not have free will and lack cognitive faculty to recognize wrong from right and to make a decision. Animals are governed by instinct and they do not think. Legality often prevails over justice: Such is with abortion which is legal but not ethical. When a family brings a child into the World it is synergistic act. Parents achieve an effect of which each is individually incapable. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Synergy is present in Nature. In the World without truth, freedom is losing its foundation. Truth is the knowledge of things as they are. Humility is the acknowledgement of truth Science is organized truth.