Posted by alexandra_k on October 2, 2005, at 20:49:10
In reply to The albatross, posted by alexandra_k on October 2, 2005, at 4:25:30
yes philosophy has taught me to be intolerant towards myself
and i like to think that that is a good thing
though it is true that it is also a painful thing
and because of who i am
because of my nature
because of my lack of ability to properly regulate my emotions
i think it is fair to say that i suffer more than the average philosopher...sometimes people do do wrong
sometimes i do do wrong
and yet... i continuei suppose a way around it for some people
is for them to not think on it
i suppose a way around it for some people
is to engage in all kinds of rationalisations
ultimately endorsing contradiction...
but never matterbut i believe it is morally unacceptable to kill animals for animal products
and yet i continue to eat meat
i believe we have a moral obligation to help the starving people
and yet i continue to indulge in expensive varieties of coffee
i believe that it is wrong to breech copyright
and yet my ipod (which i hardly need) is full of 'borrowed' music...and i condemn myself for these things
(at times)
and it is also true to say that at other times
i think not of it
or i engage in rationalisations
which i know are not plausible
i engage in rationalisations
full of verbal tricksand that is wrong
but sometimes we all do wrongand yes i condemn myself for it
and this is where all that stuff comes in...
all that stuff that lies on the fringes...
all that stuff that the academic philosophers avoid...
about authenticity
about truely being moralbecause you can go to a seminar on what it is to be a virtuous person...
then discuss all the music that one has pirated over dinner in a fancy place to eatand thus the talk of morality
is a verbal trick
no more
and once again...
the point is lost.
poster:alexandra_k
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