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this is no paradox, it’s merely that if you, “in the words of Martin Buber, replace the ‘I, Thou’ relationship with the ‘I, It’ relationship, you relegate perso
by hprotagonist 4y ago
this is no paradox, it’s merely that if you, “in the words of Martin Buber, replace the ‘I, Thou’ relationship with the ‘I, It’ relationship, you relegate persons to the status of things”, and that’s alienation and it’s bad.
“I don't know how to communicate this, or even if it is possible. But the question of justice has concerned me greatly of late. And I say to any creature who may be listening, there can be no justice so long as laws are absolute. Even life itself is an exercise in exceptions.”
Your rules and procedures have escape hatches and loopholes because the world is more complicated and person-ful than they are. Or you have rules that will be used as weapons.
- wizzwizz4 4y agoWho are you quoting? (Martin Buber, or someone quoting Martin Buber?)
- hprotagonist 4y agomartin luther king jr’s “letter from a burmingham jail” and later, jean-luc picard.
- ezekiel68 4y agoHmm, was it a speech-to-text error that insterted Buber's name in your comment? At any rate, know that it is possible to edit your comment to reflect the correct name and avoid the misunderatanding.
- vidarh 4y agoIt's not an error. The name is correct. For an explanation see [1], which reproduces the Martin Luther King quote this way: > “To use the words of Martin Buber, the Jewish philosopher, segregation substitutes and ‘I-it’ relationship for an ‘I-thou’ relationship, and ends up relegating persons to the status of things. So segregation is not only politically, economically and sociologically unsound, but it is morally wrong and sinful.” https://iamthou.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/martin-bubers-influence-on-mlk-jr/ https://iamthou.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/martin-bubers-influ...