tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053637695029086997.post5219804514038441876..comments2023-10-15T04:05:48.289-07:00Comments on Philosopher Gamer: I happened to read a bit on Ayn Rand ObjectivismCallan S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15373053356095440571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053637695029086997.post-46800113872167310772009-12-26T14:22:18.095-08:002009-12-26T14:22:18.095-08:00Well, if they present the hypothesis that I'm ...Well, if they present the hypothesis that I'm a monster then present no evidence after that - it literally is unjustified at that point in time. It may be true (or false, or whatever), but no justifying has occured at that point. It's just a hypothesis aired, with no evidence supplied.<br /><br />That's why I sometimes think emotions may be painfully logical - feeling that situation is unjustified is, from a logistical standpoint, entirely accurate. But that's shifting off topic.<br /><br />In terms of someone punching me, I don't think I've said anything in terms of reconciling anyone elses actions. It's just for my own. What is he? What am I for trying to judge what is he? Why do I insist on an answer otherwise I'm indicating some sort of retribution? It always comes back to what I am. And I don't know, yet I will act (well, I wont fall to the ground and stay there, frozen, till I die of dehydration, anyway).<br /><br />You seem to be suggesting some sort of internal conflict and I'm responding to that - does this address your hypothesis at all?<br /><br />And I'm looking at your point with your pessimist teacher and I thought I got what you meant to convey, but now that's slipping away and I just see events happening which don't present a conclusion from you?<br /><br />I have standards - as to whether they tie to some galactic standard of right, I do not know. You seem to be saying because they were threatened, they suddenly saw their standards as galactic standards of 'rightness'?Callan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15373053356095440571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053637695029086997.post-37268354477449206812009-12-25T16:19:47.719-08:002009-12-25T16:19:47.719-08:00I think you are saying one thing and doing another...I think you are saying one thing and doing another. It's very easy to say "Anything I do may be monstrous" but if someone called you a monster to your face chances are you would feel it unjustified.<br /><br />If someone came and punched you, you would not reconcile it as them being authentic and being the monster they want to be, you would want a clear reason why they did that.<br /><br />G.K. Chesterton had a good example in one of his stories. There was a teacher who taught a pretty hardcore form of german pessimism, of how life is pain, better to be dead, etc ect. But when his student came, and threatened to kill him with a revolver, the pessimist suddenly turned out to love life after all. It's the same with people unsure of any moral purpose existing: under the gun they find they believe quite strongly in the proper moral purpose of many things, such as not robbing or killing themselves.Dbladenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053637695029086997.post-13024277737832202942009-12-11T04:58:37.862-08:002009-12-11T04:58:37.862-08:00I totally agree.
But Rand doesn't start with ...I totally agree.<br /><br />But Rand doesn't start with ethics - she starts with metaphysics which she defends with a comprehensive theory of epistemology - check out the extended edition of her short book 'Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053637695029086997.post-38961801139311891132009-12-10T21:41:17.372-08:002009-12-10T21:41:17.372-08:00Yes! Existentialism. Read Sartre or Camus. I lo...Yes! Existentialism. Read Sartre or Camus. I love Existentialism, so I get where you're coming from. We have no purpose for being here except the purpose we design for ourselves.<br /><br />p.s. Didn't realise you were a Melbournite too! E-mail me if you want to grab a cuppa:<br />jurassic_pollard@hotmail.comBercilachttp://bercilac.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com