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Obviously, the very nature of this site would make most people disagree with #10, so I won't comment. As for #9, I was a little irked he used "joy" to describe
by technoguyrob 18y ago
Obviously, the very nature of this site would make most people disagree with #10, so I won't comment. As for #9, I was a little irked he used "joy" to describe Aristotle's eudaemonia.
However, I disagree with #2, beginning with the term he chose to use: "Obey the absolutes." I understand he's trying to say "be a moral person" (in the neoclassical sense), but even regardless if he's right--even if we should "obey the absolutes"--it is improper to start this tenet with "obey." For one, let's face it, we all know the moral sphere is not black and white as described in his comments on #2. However, "obey" implies thoughtlessness regarding one's moral behavior, because these "absolutes" are then taken for granted for societal and biological reasons (respectively popular conceptions of good and evil, and conscience, a largely biological instinct). Of course, we weren't all meant to be moral philosophers, but some consideration of one's moral system is still pertinent to everyone.
Besides that, some of these are fairly standard and self-evident guidelines, albeit targeted to (in content and phrasing) lay people (i.e., eight-to-fivers, pardon the term).