SOME OF THE “FIRST PROBLEMS” OF PHILOSOPHY 1) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY “W

SOME OF THE “FIRST PROBLEMS” OF PHILOSOPHY

1) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY

“Why do we not commit suicide?”

2) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF POLITICS

“Why should I not kill you and take your stuff?”

3) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF COOPERATION

“How can we prevent free riding?”

4) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF DIVISION OF LABOR

“How do we determine who controls which resource?”

5) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF FAMILY STRUCTURE

“How do we organize reproduction, child rearing and inheritance in the current means of production?”

6) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF INTER-FAMILIAL COOPERATION (community)

“Why should a woman be free to bear children that they cannot support, and place the burden for them upon others without their consent?”

7) THE FIRST PROBLEM OF INTER-COMMUNITY COOPERATION (economy)

“what is are the universal moral rules we must observe to successfully cooperate with all other groups?”