Marvin Katz
Banno
What say you? All intelligent and constructive comments and questions are welcome. — Marvin Katz
Marvin Katz
180 Proof
Like Banno, I'm not sure what your point is, Marvin, but my own thoughts on "The Good Life" are sketched here (with embedded links to older posts of mine): https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/649207What makes the Good Life good? — Marvin Katz
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Marvin Katz
Banno
That is a constructive comment?? Maybe so. — Marvin Katz
Tom Storm
Agent Smith
Marvin Katz
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cultivate emotional stability, — Marvin Katz
Marvin Katz
Good for you trying to articulate your thoughts on this subject. But do we need yet another text on morality — Tom Storm
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Banno
Agent Smith
Tom Storm
Well, that the pen writes well, is easy on the hand, is durable, and so on. Could we transpose the form of the good onto a human being? — Agent Smith
Agent Smith
In that use of 'good' perhaps only if people are to be viewed as tools. For instance, when assessed by a military dictator, a person might be rated as 'good' if, like the pen, they are good at a particular function - efficient killing perhaps in this instance. But from a moral perspective, they might be seen as far from good, for the same reason. The Good is different from good at something. The Geek sense of The Good is Platonism - a transcendent value that some human behavior might be described as an instantiation of, e.g., self-sacrifice for the sake of a vulnerable community. — Tom Storm
Tom Storm
Yet I feel, despite the trials & tribulations I'm going through, the question "what lies beyond ethics?" is worth asking. — Agent Smith
Agent Smith
Beyond good and evil is the post-modern project in a nutshell. — Tom Storm
Tom Storm
Agent Smith
Simple. Postmodernism is most guises presents us with the notion that all values are perspectival - just like big N. — Tom Storm
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Marvin Katz
the good life is where you get what you want. — Banno
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