As an Exception, You Always Should
Greetings once again! One week from now, I shall (hopefully) be in the States! Work in the warehouse and in the lab continues to go well... the balancing act is definitely... interesting... for having to try to make sure both my employers are happy with the hours and days I work. It's funny, when Professor Steele found out I was working in the
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DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME, DOES SOMEBODY SHARE MY NERDY CHILDHOOD LOVE FOR THE KING'S QUEST SERIES.
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Did you know there were multiple ways to complete the game? And, did you make it to the Land of the Dead? Not crucial to completing the game, but sweet, and it's impossible to gain a perfect score without it.
-Kev-
On another note, I did Nietzsche for an ISU awhile ago, part of which featured his notion of the Ubermensch. It's interesting, but the ubermensch is ultimately incompatible with mainstream society. Plus, the idea of an ubermensch is totally incoherent as a moral philosophy - it's neither normative nor descriptive. What the hell is the ubermensch as a moral agent anyway?
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Yeah, I went in to the Land of the Dead. I can't remember if I had a perfect score, but I'm pretty sure I got the happiest ending! I think that was my first real computer game... it's etched in to my memory now ;) I'm getting a friend to play it, so it's fun reliving it through her!
I think it's an interesting concept... and I think the next shift, or next evolution people have to make is a spiritual or moral evolution. It seems to me that Nietzsche couldn't find the basis for morality, and he fell in to entirely interpretation.
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But, please Eris no, not a spiritual revolution.
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While being individuals ourselves, our actions directly affect dozens of people around us, and indirectly hundreds and perhaps thousands more. Thus, a societal morality not only makes good sense, but is necessary to move beyond Locke and Rousseau's so-called Natural State. This separates individual morality (subjective) from social morality (objective). The latter applies to everyone while the former is personal, and should never be umbrellaed on to other people.
That being said, you must realize that the uebermensch must create his own morality (also: reality). Ordinary morality, after all, is for ordinary people, which the overman supercedes (by possessing the ability to actively affect reality). Ergo, the overman's subjectivity becomes objective ( ... )
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There are a lot of flaws with calling Neo the overman, but there are a lot of flaws with the Matrix's philosophy, too. Do we all have the ability to alter reality? That's one of the imporant questions about this whole concept (it assumes free will, at least from God, but that's because of Nietzsche's premise ( ... )
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I base much of my thought on the assumption that we do have free will. Given that we have free will, we then have the ability to alter reality... though I do agree the concept of free will is problematic.
I recognize the deaths of thousands of people is sometimes necessary... moreso, I recognize the deaths of billions is neccessary. It's part of life. I don't believe killing people is ever the best way though, but if I was convinced, then yes... because to me, I wouldn't be ordering the deaths of thousands of people, but saving many, many more. I will not sacrifice an entire world for the sake of one person. "Lower down" people may have the luxury of caring only about their immediate friends and family, but that is due to shortsightedness, as opposed to a fundamental shift in morality... at least that's my opinion.
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LOL, don't worry about not having a philisophical point or a new idea. I'm always happy to have people post, even if it's only just to say "Hi!" or something. Awesome icon btw... I'll hand in your resume tomorrow :)
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First, I have to admit that I skipped the section on Nietzsche, as I don't think my brain is up to it right now - I couldn't even spell it right without looking!
Second, thanks for clarifying that I'm not old, but some mornings I sure do feel that way.
You make some great points in the ABCs...when I have some free time I'll definitely be looking into it more - I did an entomology course at York with a great prof who also taught a course just on the hymenoptera - the social insects.
Lastly, I totally agree with you on the two becoming one-ish. There's the "couple" part, which is a "one", but each of you in the couple is also still a "one", and it's best if you both maintain some of your "one-ness". =)
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You're definitely not old. Maybe you look younger than you are... but I don't think I'm the best at judging people's ages :)
Thanks, I thought they were good points too :) Wow, that's really awesome... I didn't even know they did whole courses on social insects! I'll definitely have to look in to that, when I finish off a major and PhD or something... and take some science courses again.
I'm glad that makes sense... hopefully one day I'll get to experience something like that to last.
Oh! Right! I just remembered, I need to look for that book! See you possibly tomorrow, depending on how the search goes... I can't believe that, I had it the week before I started work :S
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I'll be writing about it when I get some free time at home ... as usual, I can't update from TF, just reply to comments via my email. =)
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