RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 24, 2022 at 5:08 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2022 at 5:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't think it's the case that environmentalism is bullshit because there's a philosophy behind it. I don't think that government (of any kind) is bullshit because there's a philosophy behind it. I don't think that human values (and human value, itself) are bullshit because there's a philosophy behind it. Those are big things though, removed from my day to day. There's a philosophy behind our business, and behind our customers, and understanding that relationship - and there's a philosophy behind any of the things my wife has organized to help low income people here in our region.
Golding used the narrative as a way to expound upon his beliefs about man, and where he disagreed with other philosophies. There's alot about it a click away, if you ever get interested.
It's clear that you have a very strong position about something - but whatever it is, it's not philosophy - though I suppose it could be some particular kind of philosophy (or philosopher). As I've suggested repeatedly. I'd hoped that by giving you examples of everyday people doing everyday philosophy, and examples of theologians, even, doing philosophy without doing any of the things objected to in thread, or above in those very remarks, might help you to clarify your own thoughts on the matter, if nothing else. As to why people still do bad things (I guess?), even if they've been made aware of a given philosophy - there are tons of answer to that...there we'd be doing philosophy again, but, ultimately, they all come down to - because it's not a magic wand. Not sure we'd really want it to be, either, as a philosophy can be (and many have been) pretty shitty - we might hope that The Good Ones had more power, but if they did, that would probably make the shitty ones more comprehensively effective as well.
Golding used the narrative as a way to expound upon his beliefs about man, and where he disagreed with other philosophies. There's alot about it a click away, if you ever get interested.
It's clear that you have a very strong position about something - but whatever it is, it's not philosophy - though I suppose it could be some particular kind of philosophy (or philosopher). As I've suggested repeatedly. I'd hoped that by giving you examples of everyday people doing everyday philosophy, and examples of theologians, even, doing philosophy without doing any of the things objected to in thread, or above in those very remarks, might help you to clarify your own thoughts on the matter, if nothing else. As to why people still do bad things (I guess?), even if they've been made aware of a given philosophy - there are tons of answer to that...there we'd be doing philosophy again, but, ultimately, they all come down to - because it's not a magic wand. Not sure we'd really want it to be, either, as a philosophy can be (and many have been) pretty shitty - we might hope that The Good Ones had more power, but if they did, that would probably make the shitty ones more comprehensively effective as well.
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