Friday, May 7, 2010

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Philosophy, ethics and political action ...

The theme is infinite (I know the amount of labyrinthine discussions on the question that I often stayed with friends and believers, cynics and nihilists, who committed politically).

But this song made me think of Martha Nussbaum, on which many people smirks "Realistic" and suspicious of the "asceticism"-style philosophy, which, from his "separation" does not think the simple loaf to take home.

"Nietzsche believes in the profound unity between our physical and spiritual, arguing that the human being is an animal that lives free of debris and the natural world. And so it seems particularly strange that, in his critique of compassion, Nietzsche refuses to admit that human beings in need of external goods in order to live "

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" In all his praise, rather abstract and romantic, solitude and asceticism, we find no trace of the simple truth that a hungry person can not think well , that those who have no shelter, the basic medical care and other basic resources for life, is not likely to become a philosopher or an artist who expresses himself , no matter what the his innate talents. "

Nietzsche does think very often, and is a writer of the Virgin Mary. He looked even perverse in the labyrinth of the human mind (and society). But sometimes speaks from a position somewhat incomplete and" detached ".
Several times I was upset about dialogue with people who speak of" detachment from everyday worries, "which display a" indifference "led-style nihilistic. irritation, my, difficulty breathing space to those who criticize the defenders of public water, public education, public health, trade union rights, welfare policies, the permanent job, those who are committed to combating social exclusion, against general social misery in short ..
In their view, defending a claim such as absolute position (nothing has value, only pricks my interest me), but they forget the fact that if you have the chance to experience and enjoy art, if you can do whatever you want; if you can live peacefully, cradled in your post-modern nihilism .. you owe it to democracy, welfare (fictional, I know, but nevertheless still present) preserved (for how long?) by attention Social few. If we can speculate freely we will have to defend public education, for example. If we have time to "happily enjoy" the most diverse of the arts to the fact that we do not have to work 12 hours per day or emigrate every 2 months, the fact that we must not give charity to be able to operate the hospital. And so on.

It 's like one that says: I enjoy the view from the pier, so I was lucky enough to be born captain. Forgetting that the sailors are preparing their rations. Forgetting that you can enjoy the view because you are browsing and exploration at the time, fortunately you're not at war and your boat can sail quiet.

What do you think?
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