RE: Being vs. Believing
May 21, 2015 at 9:55 am
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2015 at 9:57 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:That is that the behaviors which are justified lack a rigid standard such that people don't just 'rationalize their behavior as being good' regardless of the content of that behavior.Firstly, I don't see why an internally set standard should be more or less rigid than an externally set standard? Is this assumption required?
Quote: I guess the question is, "How do we achieve virtue?" if the standard and whether we meet the standard are internally set.If they are...which I don't think they are - the answer seems pretty simple. You hit that standard. Isn't that how we achieve any standard..regardless of how it is set, or where it originates from?
Quote:But how do we know what "better than" is if we are only listening to our own voice?-Do we- only listen to our own voices...regardless of whether we're invoking internal standards or external/imposed standards? This, like adjusting variables...does not seem to be an issue.
I think that you between us, we could probably agree to some metrics on a given thing and agree: A -is better than- B. Further, failing that, I think we can reach an amicable disagreement..lol.
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