March 16, 2019

Well, THERE'S YOUR PROBLEM

Panelist:  There is this idea of seizing yourself and becoming yourself without the comfort of these conventions.  And [Heidegger] says that when it comes to the actual content of what you're going to sort of resolutely commit to once you are authentic, he says well we can't make any determinations about that - each person's situation will determine what it is that you resolutely and authentically take ownership of.  And so in response to that some people have said ok - what if I resolutely and authentically feel that my best or most true self is somebody who likes torturing people, or likes sending people to the gas chamber...?  And so there's this very real problem with whether there's room for any moral constraints anywhere in the Heidiggerian ideal...

Melvin:  What's his solution to that?

Panelist: His solution?

Melvin:  I'm sorry...what's his solution to that?

Panelist:  Well, he doesn't really provide a solution to that.  But that's because he really wasn't interested in that question so much.

You're so smart, you figure it out

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2 Comments:

Blogger VMM said...

Well, given he was a Nazi, I guess it wasn't a problem for him.

March 16, 2019 at 3:56 PM  
Blogger The Other Front said...

Get your facts straight. He was only a Nazi until they started losing.

March 16, 2019 at 7:21 PM  

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