For those of you completely uninterested in philosophy, I can’t blame you, at least based on the current and elitist state of the discipline. Philosophy, however, hasn’t always been viewed in the terms that it is today; for Plato, philosophy was, after all, an erotic expression of love for the true order of things, a definition that formed the basis for a good chunk of Christian theology both then and now. So if you’re interested in learning how to do philosophy at a deeper and more constructive level, these introductory lectures by Roderick on the history of ethics are a great way to learn.
Here Roderick talks about the need for absolutes without being willing to define them.
I like the way he emphasies knowing yourself. For me this is not only philosophical language but also Christian. Many scholars agree that you cannot love anyone until you first learn to know and love yourself. I agree. For me I think this should be an ongoing thing not just a onetime thing, as we are constantly changing and growing. We should be able to answer anyone who asks "who are you?" with very knowledgable and meaningful discriptions of not just what we look like but what our character and core being really is like.
- spam
- offensive
- disagree
- off topic
Like