I am responsible for my posts; and I am also responsible for all the posts I think better of and do not post. This means i am responsible for your replies too, in the same way that I am responsible for my children breaking your window, or becoming fanatics and starting a war. There is no end to my responsibility; I am responsible for every starving child and every idiot politician. I should be more careful.
I am my brother's keeper. — unenlightened
as though one would only be responsible for things one could totally be in control of, which is nothing at all. It is fairly obvious that one is socialised and indoctrinated and educated in ways one has no control over. but one is still responsible for what one does with the fascistic fundamentalist bullshit one is immersed in from birth - who else is going to deal with it? — unenlightened
Well yeah, but there are things that we are totally responsible for. Many others not.Our words and actions are some of them, but thoughts aren't. — dimosthenis9
Are your words and actions not the expression of your thoughts? Mine are — unenlightened
Every awareness in the world is responsible for the world it is aware of. Here is a challenge; what is your response? — unenlightened
Every awareness in the world is responsible for the world it is aware of. Here is a challenge; what is your response?
— unenlightened
I m not sure I got this. — dimosthenis9
that in communication, we become responsible for each other's thoughts. — unenlightened
responding to the world responsibly - which is to say, with the intention to make the world better. — unenlightened
Miscommunication (therefore misunderstanding) between people is inescapable ... I guess? — 180 Proof
1. Nothing exists;
2. Even if something exists, nothing can be known about it;
and
3. Even if something can be known about it, knowledge about it can't be communicated to others.
4. Even if it can be communicated, it cannot be understood. — Gorgias
I m responsible for what I say and do, — dimosthenis9
I don't see how one can maintain that we do not influence each other's thinking by our speech and other actions, in which case we are partially responsible for each other's thoughts. — unenlightened
I call you an idiot, and I am responsible for what happens next, which is you having an angry thought and maybe saying something unpleasant back to me, or kicking the cat, or whatever — unenlightened
You seem to be assuming that conscious is inextricably linked to some brain actives of which no reliable correlates have been found — Andrew4Handel
For example I tell you "I like the way your girlfriend dresses" and then your mind goes "oh so he has a crush on my girl?! Oh damn that mother fucker and he was supposed to be my friend. Fuck off I will teach him a lesson". Am I responsible for that other person's complex that leaded into his thoughts and possible actions? It's not always clear the line of responsibility I should take for others thoughts and actions. — dimosthenis9
You become aware of it, and you respond. ( you could have responded by ignoring it, that is often a good response) You express vague interest and puzzlement. Either way, in your response or ignoring, you become (somewhat) responsible for what follows, ie this response to you. Which means, as should have been obvious from the beginning, that in communication, we become responsible for each other's thoughts. — unenlightened
Now you know my foibles though, you would be well advised to reassure me that your comment was just a queer eye'd sartorial appreciation, or some such. — unenlightened
you can't always be responsible for what others will think and do about you words and actions. — dimosthenis9
At the end we can't be inside anyone's head and predict all the outcomes that our words and actions will bring to him. — dimosthenis9
For instance, how are we responsible for other’s thoughts? It depends on whether you are a behaviorist, classical cognitivist , phenomenologist or postmodern social constructionist. — Joshs
Well I am saying you can always be responsible for whatever you are aware of but that does not mean you are to blame for it. — unenlightened
Whereof one is unaware, thereof one is not responsible. — unenlightened
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