RE: Rage and Outrage
January 3, 2011 at 9:50 am
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2011 at 9:50 am by Edwardo Piet.)
By direct an emotion without "feeling" it do you mean seeming to feel an emotion that one does not in fact feel? For example, being very aggressive and seeming "angry" without being angry?
I'm sure that when people are aggressive they are often, or usually, aggressive: But I think it's of course perfectly possible to be aggressive without feeling angry. Or even feeling anything. What about a robot programmed to be aggressive and attack and shout and intimidate without it feeling a thing emotionally?
I agree that rage is the same as outrage in experience, but I think the only difference is the perspective on the matter and how rage IS actually experienced, IS actually FELT, the feeling, is the same as outrage.
Outrage without the emotion wouldn't actually exist in experience. Rage without the emotion of rage wouldn't actually exist in experience. Is there a difference between the two? I think not, remove one and you remove the other.
Outrage the concept is different to outrage as experienced in reality. Rage the concept is different to rage as experienced in reality. I mention this obvious fact because sometimes people do get confused by the Use/Mention distinction, e.g: The first response I had on this thread when I had the dictionary pulled out on me as if I was disputing the concept.
I'm sure that when people are aggressive they are often, or usually, aggressive: But I think it's of course perfectly possible to be aggressive without feeling angry. Or even feeling anything. What about a robot programmed to be aggressive and attack and shout and intimidate without it feeling a thing emotionally?
I agree that rage is the same as outrage in experience, but I think the only difference is the perspective on the matter and how rage IS actually experienced, IS actually FELT, the feeling, is the same as outrage.
Outrage without the emotion wouldn't actually exist in experience. Rage without the emotion of rage wouldn't actually exist in experience. Is there a difference between the two? I think not, remove one and you remove the other.
Outrage the concept is different to outrage as experienced in reality. Rage the concept is different to rage as experienced in reality. I mention this obvious fact because sometimes people do get confused by the Use/Mention distinction, e.g: The first response I had on this thread when I had the dictionary pulled out on me as if I was disputing the concept.
