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By: Uncommon Priors » How Jesus Refuted Utilitarianism

Uncommon Priors » How Jesus Refuted Utilitarianism — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:02:44 +0000

[...] (h/t/ Will Wilkinson) [...]

By: ToddSeavey.com » Blog Archive » Feuding Political Couples

ToddSeavey.com » Blog Archive » Feuding Political Couples — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:02:08 +0000

[...] qualities of life such as “meaningfulness,” Helen made a counterargument. Will was appalled by it — and got in some good jokes about not wanting to make Helen suffer, since she likes [...]

By: James Feldman

James Feldman — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:15:42 +0000

"What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.' "

~The Gay Science

Why does your argument sound so much like the Robert Bork analysis of Thomas More, or the Nixon-era arguments that the 60's counterculture was a result of post-scarcity?

By: Cum In My Hole Boss

Cum In My Hole Boss — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:32:32 +0000

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By: bcg

bcg — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:32:40 +0000

What else could be meant by “springs of action” if not creativity and productivity?

By: bcg

bcg — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:28:42 +0000

For those of us trying, earnestly trying, to understand this, can someone provide a link to a discussion about what redemption would be in this context? The word is clearly importing something into this debate that I'm not getting.

By: Helen Rittelmeyer

Helen Rittelmeyer — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:22:32 +0000

In dipping into Happiness Studies, I've seen at least a couple of the studies that prove happy people, chemically speaking, are more likely to produce creative output.

I use the phrase “dipping into” to pay deference to your superior knowledge of the field. On the other hand, judging whether or not the creative output of contentment is any good is my field…

By: Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:57:29 +0000

How could the Tocqueville point be provably false, when it's incoherent?

By: Freddie

Freddie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:22:42 +0000

It's about the fact that not everyone has had the advantage of a life of privilege.

By: webgrrl

webgrrl — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:17:42 +0000

Forgive me, what is the attachment to suffering here? I'm missing it, as I sit here in my plush bathrobe with a (healthy! i swear it!) glass of red wine. . .What is this hatred of pleasure all about?

By: Freddie

Freddie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:09:02 +0000

Surely, though, your own assumption that more creativity and productivity are good– or, more germane, redemptive– is itself question begging.

Right?

By: Will Wilkinson

Will Wilkinson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:06:52 +0000

Thank you?

By: 666

666 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:45:10 +0000

You look like an elf.