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Fortinbras Armstrong

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2. When I read the OP
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 09:45 AM
Jun 2014

What flashed through my mind was Robert Browning's lines from "Andrea del Sarto",

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

I tend to agree TM99. Philosophy is devoted to questions about how to think -- indeed, epistemology, which is one of the basic studies in philosophy, considers the question, "How do we know something?" -- and how to live. I happen to have Asperger's Syndrome, and one of the effects of it on me is that I have what can best be described as a rudimentary sense of morals. I realize that this is a flaw in my psyche, and so I have become a student of ethics to compensate.

I am a Catholic, so much of that study in ethics has been devoted to what Catholics call "moral theology". Unfortunately, a lot of Catholic moral theologians start with a pre-ordained conclusion and work to justify that conclusion. If you are a Catholic moral theologian, you had better support the official party line that contraception is immoral and gay marriage is wrong if you want to keep your job. Just ask Charles Curran.

But, basically, I am trying to live the good life, so I study philosophy.

To the sages of old, TM99 Jun 2014 #1
That's very well said. nt delrem Jun 2014 #3
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What you wrote does not contradict nor correct me. TM99 Nov 2014 #18
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When I read the OP Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #2
I would take your questioned ethics/morality delrem Jul 2014 #4
You seem to be saying that I am bigoted against myself. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #5
I was only questioning your language. delrem Jul 2014 #6
It appears that you did not understand me Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #7
You aren't alone. I don't understand many people. delrem Jul 2014 #8
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I like your posts! delrem Nov 2014 #16
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All I can do is repeat what I said before. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #17
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First, the paragraph is your friend, and even more the reader's friend Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #24
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language - Wittgenste Jim__ Jul 2014 #9
I'm not a fan of Wittgenstein. delrem Jul 2014 #10
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To defeat a goal? Expat in Korea Oct 2014 #11
I like this answer. nt delrem Nov 2014 #12
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