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"Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage" Or in todays language: "You aren't free if you are bound by your desires". This is a quote b
by mwbajor 4y ago
"Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage"
Or in todays language:
"You aren't free if you are bound by your desires".
This is a quote by Emmanuel Kant and I think it applies well to the Amish.
- emodendroket 4y agoWell, maybe, but then again how free are you when living in a highly restrictive community with a lot of rules on your personal conduct either.
- draw_down 4y ago[dead]
- mantas 4y agoAre we still talking Amish or General population with cancel culture, overreaching codes-of-conduct, „positive“ discrimination etc?
- emodendroket 4y agoYou don’t seriously believe that being asked not to make discriminatory statements at work is anything like the level of control that the Amish exert over their members, do you?
- Chris2048 4y agoYou don’t seriously believe that cancel culture is being asked not to make discriminatory statements at work, do you?
- emodendroket 4y agoMaybe you could define it for me, since that seems to be the first hurdle that makes these discussions unproductive.
- Chris2048 4y agoI commented on what it is not, an oversimplified reduction of the term. I suppose defining what it is requires the context in which it is used. For that, knock yourself out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture
- emodendroket 4y agoOK thanks for the link to Wikipedia. Here's what I think: the term "cancel culture" is amorphous, and deliberately so, so people upset about it can act principled while engaging in blatant hypocrisy and motivated reasoning.
- Chris2048 4y agoBy "blatant hypocrisy" do you mean some kind of motte-and-bailey? You are suggesting people upset about cancel culture are cancelling others themselves?
- emodendroket 4y agoYou could put it that way. I haven’t encountered many people who “hate cancel culture” but are upset about what happened to Colin Kaepernick, even though it seems plain enough to me that he lost his job for expressing a political view. I’m sure they could invent a distinction when challenged on this but I don’t think it would rise above post hoc reasoning.