Yes, I know that is Kant's answer to the problem. Yes.... but is this contrary to what I said, or just an addition / clarification? I believe Kant him...
Yes but you decide by assuming he does not want to have the answer. That is the violation of autonomy not your not answering per se. It is imposed on ...
Dreams can be very impactful. All through my life, from I guess age 8 to I guess age 40 I had a recurring dream about running to get a subway, I alway...
The water pipe or 'nargile', is my tipple of choice. I have a nice one at home which I use with Turkish double apple tobacco or with Syrian lemon mint...
Nahh, I think you are more scared than you used to be. That is because there were the dangers that you know, now you do not know the dangers anymore. ...
Thanks @"Mww", it touches on the very thorny subject of the conflict of duties in Kant. What if an imperfect duty, say taking care of the moral well b...
The problem is we never know. We can only do our duty, but not think for someone else. If you have perfect knowledge that he did not want this questio...
No, he asked the question, so he wanted to know. At least presuming people act rationally. Which we have to, we assume people are rational, that is wh...
I disagree too. I took your position (ore or less) for the sake of this debate. We disagree on not answering the question. I would say that is bad. Yo...
Yes I do. I am proud of it because it won the competition that year. Sorry for mentioning that, but I am as vain as the next person, maybe even more s...
I do not have to answer, but I was asked a question. Why would I not answer? Not answering a question is ignoring. Why would ignoring someone be a goo...
@"Tzeentch" Not answering means ignoring and also means not taking the dying father seriously as an autonomous agent. I would consider that just as wr...
The story which I submitted to the story contest back in the day of PF was actually based on a dream I had. A scary one actually. One other story that...
I go with unenlightened's answer and Caldwell's. Medics are not judges. We cannot know the future and we also cannot judge the merit of one's life. At...
Well, I think it is because of Kant's reverence for the principle of autonomy. You only have recourse to your good will, you do not control anybody el...
@"180 Proof":100: Indeed dancing usually leads to ... more dancing and wrestling, when the sparring is good, makes one want to enter the ring again. T...
There is another great story in there I am sure.... I must say I loved the debates in the House of Commons. For my research into air pollution regulat...
Of course! I have those lines collected in a big bucket on my desk and when the moment strikes I just blindly pick one. That is how us plodding profs ...
Ok, clear enough. But then, what Athens had was no democracy as we understand it. People loving outside the city walls were not citizens, women were n...
That is exactly what we do in academia nowadays... we are not trained to be revolutionaries. Part of me resents it, but another part of me sees wisdom...
Well for Kant what is wrong with depending on the action of others is that you relinquish your autonomy. Kant's concern is not for some actual world w...
@"Baden" It actually became very visceral, very 'messy' actually. I relate to it better now actually, maybe because I recoiled from all the bodily flu...
Very much agreed @"Amity" @"180 Proof", and a bit lost for words actually. :blush: I cannot put it as eloquently as 180 can, but my experience was sim...
Well, exploring it we are already doing. I can help, at least by being someone you can throw ideas at and also by being critical. That is the academic...
Yes, that kind of thing ... Actually people keep saying my interpretation of the man is wrong, so maybe it is more Heller than Hegel. Do you know Catc...
@"Amity" Thanks! But indeed I might well have missed something crucial, because I never even considered that question in the story... did simply not c...
She finds temporary solace in his arms, but the narrator explains it as 'like discarded presents in a Salvation Army bin'. The narrator knew that the ...
@"Amity"Answer phone on.... yeah the old answering machine... You heard the voice of the other, except that except that it was not really his or her v...
The name Felice really struck a chord with me. It fitted her innocent angelic appearance and through it the fleeting feeling of 'felicity'. The loss o...
Ohhh that be great! I do hope you do. I think the sound of narration would add to the eery feeling of apprehension the story causes. I was so ponderin...
There were two I can remember. I submitted in at least one of them, but I do not know if I did in both. Of course there are a bunch of new writers now...
A certain blend of anxious ataraxia, the description of the sexual night shared between the protagonists and overall quality of the story. I remembere...
According to Kant himself they are equivalent. Of course Catch-22 was not written as a refutation of Kant. I interpret it as such. I am a Hegelian and...
@"Amalac"Maybe, I am silly, it is late anyway, so bare with me... But is Kolakowski not reading Kant is too existentialist of a way? Kant's metaphysic...
Nahh, it is inconsistent. Why would you go through the whole ritual of court and punishment and subsequently make everyone present forget it ever happ...
I did not vote, I have not looked at the table. Maybe I should have because I have one clear favorite, Felice. :100: :clap: By now I am quite certain ...
Good point. Now I put Athena at Amnesis. Than Plum may well be Caldwell, if Clark or Proof wrote Felice. I find it difficult to pin Plum to anyone. Pr...
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