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Kaz

['Member']Joined: February 19, 2019 at 15:13Last active: July 30, 2019 at 17:44None discussions15 comments

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Personally, I enjoy the changeability of the stories. If I were to tell "my story" a couple of times over a period of time, the story would be differe...
April 13, 2019 at 01:14
Do governments sack their housing advisers because of them being -phobic? Of course not. They sack them because what they uttered makes them look bad ...
April 13, 2019 at 01:03
Too context dependent. Try making a difficult moral choice with a headache. More seriously, I think that the context will shape the decision more than...
March 17, 2019 at 11:14
A self that is not engaged in playing any role. For example, I may chose to get a certain job for financial reasons, but me identifying with that role...
March 12, 2019 at 18:53
Well, getting one with the authentic self (whatever that means in the end). The idea of not identifying with one of the roles we play in our society, ...
March 12, 2019 at 16:03
What kind of behaviour is rational to you then? Or rather, what kind of lifestyle.
March 11, 2019 at 23:04
Then is it still rational, to act in a way that's based on a distorted view of reality?
March 11, 2019 at 22:55
Well, why is having fun the right rational point? What if it's done on a whim while one is rich?
March 11, 2019 at 22:50
Not well read in either of them, regrettably. My therapeutic examples would be Camus' Myth of Sisyphus and Sartre's short stories. There's something r...
March 11, 2019 at 22:28
I do use some of the philosophy for therapeutic purposes, but for the life of me, I cannot get into Stoics. Some of what Seneca's writings had comfort...
March 11, 2019 at 22:16
Maybe. The circumstances don't have to be ideal, but there are elements that can contribute to deviating person from that equilibrium, such as modern ...
March 11, 2019 at 21:58
I would argue that most people are nowhere near the safe equilibrium. There are disturbances of one sort or another, and achieving equilibrium isn't t...
March 11, 2019 at 21:32
This makes me think of Perl's Gestalt, where he mentions that awareness can help facilitate the self-regulation of emotions. Probably similar to layin...
March 11, 2019 at 21:20
I would guess reasoning serves the purpose of getting to the right end scenario. It is the part that can attempt to calculate the way through to the d...
March 11, 2019 at 21:06
Mostly as an antidote to ideology. It's relieving to know you don't have to trust anyone, even if they appear convincing.
February 25, 2019 at 19:45