(July 3, 2013 at 8:04 pm)Inigo Wrote:(July 3, 2013 at 8:01 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Instrumental reasons such as?
Instrumentalism about practical reason is the view that you have a reason to do something if doing it would serve some end of yours.
So, you desire a cup of coffee. You have a reason to make yourself a cup of coffee.
Instrumentalism is the view that all real reasons are like this.
So what end would it serve to abide by the external instructions that morality consists of?
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
