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Fructuous Fridaily
I don't know what that means.
RL: Good night's sleep, so gogo. Up, shave/shower, coffee, email/rss, foruming. Soon: sandwich, driving, workies, doughnuts (or maybe bagels, but I predict donuts), workies, eat sandwich, workies, driving, stop by the post office and mail a package to a buddy, home, interwebsurfings, food, XFiles, bed. That's unless I get crazy and do something unusual...
RB: On a podcast yesterday, someone said something to the effect of (paraphrasing) 'When I look out and see evil, it's my own heart that I need to contend with.' I'm not sure what this means, but the guy also said something about evil not really existing, that, in fact, what we call evil amounts to spiritual suffering, or somesuch. I'm not sure whether or not this has anything to offer my current rantings, but it will require some investigation.
@TRM:
Have a good Friday, everyone!
I don't know what that means.
RL: Good night's sleep, so gogo. Up, shave/shower, coffee, email/rss, foruming. Soon: sandwich, driving, workies, doughnuts (or maybe bagels, but I predict donuts), workies, eat sandwich, workies, driving, stop by the post office and mail a package to a buddy, home, interwebsurfings, food, XFiles, bed. That's unless I get crazy and do something unusual...
RB: On a podcast yesterday, someone said something to the effect of (paraphrasing) 'When I look out and see evil, it's my own heart that I need to contend with.' I'm not sure what this means, but the guy also said something about evil not really existing, that, in fact, what we call evil amounts to spiritual suffering, or somesuch. I'm not sure whether or not this has anything to offer my current rantings, but it will require some investigation.
@TRM:
So wipe out the golden rule (or better yet Kant's Categorical Imperative) because of the few people out there who want to be eaten by crocodiles? Well, here's where Kant is useful: "Act to that maxim, and that maxim alone, which you can, at the same time and in the same way, will to be a universal law." Now I wonder if even the most crazed crocodile worshipper would seriously will that everyone everywhere would jump (or be thrown) into the pit to be eaten by crocs? 1) the crocs will eventually get full; 2) the pit will fill up; 3) there will be no one left to teach about the wonders wrought by the great Croc, and no one left to profess it's greatness. But maybe Kant's over-rated. In fact, I think the Categorical Imperative was discounted many years ago... Kant himself may have written it out. I don't recall. But, for me, it still serves as a decent starting point for examining the world and the self, and I tend to reject pure relativism, as there are some acts which society can not tolerate (and which we as ethical humans should reject). Of course, there remains the issue of who decides which acts are intolerable, and the tendency of states to slip towards tyranny (of some form or another), but relativism still holds no water. There's an interesting sort of conversation going on on NYT about the Burqa and the state's right to ban or limit its use. I'd link to it, but that might be verboten, so I'll say: new york times, "The Stone", "Veiled Threats?", "The Burqa and the Body Electric".
Edit: and it's too early for me to be getting deep into anything this deep. Gogo.
Edit: and it's too early for me to be getting deep into anything this deep. Gogo.
Have a good Friday, everyone!