Actions versus Consequences
July 22, 2012 at 11:53 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2012 at 12:56 am by Reforged.)
Actions and consequences are only ever really discussed as far as subjects like crime and punishment go... and "karma". They're never really discussed to the extent nature versus nurture is with an understanding that it fundamentally changes and moulds a human beings personality regardless of source or outcome.
For example; I do something good and something bad happens to me. Do I take it as a life lesson and become more prudent with my good deeds, do I go a slightly rebellious route and become even more zealous in my do-goodings (fairly certain thats not a word but whatever) or do I go "oh fuck this" and go the other way entirely.
Does it depend on age? Circumstance? Intellect? Philosophical approach? Is there a basic way in which all humans are inclined to react or is it completely based on the type of person in those circumstances?
Another example; I'm a total bastard and good things happen to me. What then? What do I take away from that?
Both of these are examples that occur with regularity and I'm sure we could all give sources we've come across ourselves, I know I certainly could.
Which effects our personalities more; our actions, the outcome or our response to that outcome? Can we really claim to have any significant control over how our personalities develop or are we helplessly being moulded by the vicious whirlpool that is cause and effect without any moral or logical basis to it?
These are the thoughts I woke up at almost 5am with. Slightly groggy, slightly pissed off, slightly thirsty and regarding the thoughts with the semi-conscious equivalent of "oh for fuck sake, really?". But the thoughts remained like a mischievous little imp poking my forehead occasionally and not letting me get back to sleep. So here I am leaving it on your doorstep, ringing the doorbell and running away.
I'd rather this was kept strictly as a debate grounded in reality if it does indeed become a debate but I for one do not have an answer to these questions and would not dare to claim I did without some type of study to quote from.
Go nuts.
For example; I do something good and something bad happens to me. Do I take it as a life lesson and become more prudent with my good deeds, do I go a slightly rebellious route and become even more zealous in my do-goodings (fairly certain thats not a word but whatever) or do I go "oh fuck this" and go the other way entirely.
Does it depend on age? Circumstance? Intellect? Philosophical approach? Is there a basic way in which all humans are inclined to react or is it completely based on the type of person in those circumstances?
Another example; I'm a total bastard and good things happen to me. What then? What do I take away from that?
Both of these are examples that occur with regularity and I'm sure we could all give sources we've come across ourselves, I know I certainly could.
Which effects our personalities more; our actions, the outcome or our response to that outcome? Can we really claim to have any significant control over how our personalities develop or are we helplessly being moulded by the vicious whirlpool that is cause and effect without any moral or logical basis to it?
These are the thoughts I woke up at almost 5am with. Slightly groggy, slightly pissed off, slightly thirsty and regarding the thoughts with the semi-conscious equivalent of "oh for fuck sake, really?". But the thoughts remained like a mischievous little imp poking my forehead occasionally and not letting me get back to sleep. So here I am leaving it on your doorstep, ringing the doorbell and running away.
I'd rather this was kept strictly as a debate grounded in reality if it does indeed become a debate but I for one do not have an answer to these questions and would not dare to claim I did without some type of study to quote from.
Go nuts.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.
