Ah, you’re totally right about the nature of Kant’s theory. Sorry, I had forgotten those important details.
I agree with you then in not favoring his moral theory and, despite this, that he was nonetheless a genius.
Chapter 2…like a page in.
“I am willing to grant that most of our actions are in accord with duty; but if we look more closely at the devising and striving that lies behind them, then everywhere we run into the dear self which is always there; and it is this and not the strict command of duty (which would often require self-denial) that underlies our intentions.”
Forget your natural human non-moral inclinations–which I think anyone will concede are necessary to a full and rich life. In fact, deny them. Your only concern in life is being moral.
Take it as you wish, but what I’m getting at is what I think is the fact that a rich and full life ought to be concerned not just with being moral for its own sake, or with doing everything as a means to being moral. I mean, I will concede that Kant permits for personal happiness, but only because he thinks being happy may in some cases be necessary to being moral. In other words, you can’t do your duty to others if you’re not yourself happy. Your own person is not a point of major concern for Kant, unless you need to somehow take care of yourself in order so that you may make yourself physically and psychologically capable of being moral.
Thanks, I appreciate the explanation. Also, see previous post.
Oh come on man. I even broke out my Kant book.
[tab]Still, arguing with you has forced me to better digest the material and come up with new ways of phrasing the point.[/tab]
Haha, sorry bud. I haven’t opened a Kant text in over a year…and that was the CoPR.
Cool.
Today is the first day in a long time.
Ah so your saying because mundane babble is random and no other thread is that this thread is the overall spectrum of thought revealed of the forum members and is much easier to identify in random dialogue. Probably true, but something in another thread could increase or decrease the spectrum but this thread probably gives the highest possibility to identify the mood because it is centralized. More efficient and definitely easier to observe (easier = more accuracy)… so ya I see what your saying.
I went to a school where they taught us everything known to man - Mags to Eugene via Facebook chat, when he asked if I could swim…
I was looking for this. Come back into the light. In other words: bump.
Now I remember. Ahahaha. This shit.
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Bahahah
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Why the fuck does he have a football…
Can someone find Kierkegaard’s Either/Or online for me? I’ve exhausted my resources and found nothing. I can’t even buy an e-version of it.
I did the same thing, but I think he means that he wants the actual book to be on-line.
yawn
There was a sound this morning before I woke up I did not hear it but I remember it now suddenly It was a rickety sound that was like the wind blowing against a flagpole but there is no flagpole and also no wind this morning so … what it was I don’t know it is quite mysterious to me, as I go make some coffe…
[a minute]
So now the coffee is brewing in the kitchen, I love the sound… yes it will be nice coffee I made it nice… but what is Arabica? Does it mean it is from Arabia or is it a type of bean let me look it up… “Coffea arabica is a species of Coffea originally indigenous to the mountains of Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula,” Interesting so I am drinking Yemenite coffee, from Yemen where the women wear black burqas and high heels.
But the sound it is weird I still have it in my head it was like a flagpole… I already said that. I just made 10.000 with nice work I did for Volkswagen I can afford a new espresso machine I may buy it, maybe I buy something nice for my grilfriend who wants to go to Moscow, I may take her to Moscow but what was that sound…
It sounds like I am at the sea, and it is calm I can hear the seagull but I actually don’t hear them, I hear a bird cry but it is not a seabird. Maybe I am dreaming.
There’s a rock stuck in my ass, maybe I should walk the path instead. Am I disheveled? Maybe a bit eccentric, though the taste of silver is often copper so one can never tell with those measurements. I look to the sky and for a brief moment I feel peace. It was a strange kind of peace, the kind your body never wants to share with your mind; what a selfish bastard it is. Mushrooms feel this peace, but they smell funny and are infinitely unaware of how bad their jokes are so you cant trust those little fuckers, you know? Christ, what the hell is that? A swarm of jellyfish perhaps, or maybe those are clouds. Either way they’re shaped like a giant pair of tits, well I guess i’m going with clouds then. I’m not sure where I’m headed, maybe I’ll just put this rock back in my ass and sit down for a little while, then again I don’t really like things up my ass so I believe I’ll go for a walk. Yes, I’m definitely convinced those are clouds now. -FIN-
Watched Blade Runner again today. Not like I’ve seen it a bunch of times…but anyway…
Does anyone else think that Harrison Ford’s voice is just stupid as fuck in this movie? Like just annoying as shit. I’m getting into the movie and then all of a sudden this nasally, weird-ass voice start spouting off some retarded inner monologue. I thought I was watching Dexter.
Christ, the whole movie should have just been from the perspective of the real protagonist. Different movie, way cooler. Hahaha…I appreciate Blade Runner for what it is don’t get me wrong. Just…Harrison Ford…god dammit.
If your urine is red, don’t panic. Maybe you ate lots of beets for dinner last night.