RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 24, 2022 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2022 at 12:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That environmental action is desirable or worthwhile, at all, demonstrates a held value system. You make a good point, though, maybe you hadn't read any environmentalists manifestos - it just seemed to you to be the right thing to do. You (likely) considered your own apprehensions, your environment, and the relationship between you and others, and your environment, in that environment. You constructed a value system, and then acted on it. I'm not sure what's objectionable about noticing that this is philosophy, and the practical application of it.
Sure, you're not wondering how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or whether or not some god cammands you to environmental justice..but why would you? Not even the theologian I offered up does that. That's the Bad Kind™ of philosophy, but also a historical footnote to philosophy. That's not what they do anymore.
(I doubt I could find enough people who held the normative positions I hold to form a church, but it would be a hell of a racket if I could get into it, for sure. In the meantime, I leave church-building to those so inclined.)
Sure, you're not wondering how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or whether or not some god cammands you to environmental justice..but why would you? Not even the theologian I offered up does that. That's the Bad Kind™ of philosophy, but also a historical footnote to philosophy. That's not what they do anymore.
(I doubt I could find enough people who held the normative positions I hold to form a church, but it would be a hell of a racket if I could get into it, for sure. In the meantime, I leave church-building to those so inclined.)
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