(August 25, 2015 at 2:19 pm)abaris Wrote: You know lkingpinl, I'm always just a little bit suspicious if something ends in ism.
What I subscribe to are humanitarian values in their broadest sense. Hoping for a better world than we have now. And that includes getting rid of isms, since in their vast majority they're just flags to rally behind. Well, maybe there is an ism I can subscribe to: Individualism. Which I don't define as everyone for themselves, but as trying to make up one's own mind about what is iimportant for one's life.
That brings up the age old controversy: is enlightened self interest sufficient as a moral compass?
I think it can be so long as one doesn't go all vulcan like in their logic and cast doubt toward values based on unconscious sentiment.
