If anyone has any great ideas on improving this before tomorrow, let me know. Or things to raise in the class, seeing as it's one-on-one. jdcxxx What is the...
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VJhodges@xxx.xxx
Jun 3, 1999 6:38 pm
Can anyone direct me to some sources on existentials and evil? Also, I am interested in sources on existentialism and madness. Can a "mad" person be said to...
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Christopher Wyatt
CSkotW@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 8, 1999 5:56 am
I would wonder if Frankl or another psychologist might address this issue. Does anyone out there know? If someone has a mental defect, I certainly cannot ...
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Yana Youhana
yana_youhana@xxxxxxx....
Jun 11, 1999 7:59 am
Greetings, Zartosht is the old religion of Iran (Persia) and still being practiced in some parts of country. Does anyone know how Nietzsche came about writing...
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James
egohat@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 11, 1999 10:02 pm
Hello I thought I would jump in for my first post. I can actually give some answers to you here. I have studied Ancient Oriental(middle Eastern to most now) ...
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Yana Youhana
yana_youhana@xxxxxxx....
Jun 24, 1999 12:26 am
James, I admire your willingness and interest in haveing studied ancient religious BUT there is one thing I MUST say here and that is, no matter HOW MUCH you...
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James
egohat@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 24, 1999 9:02 pm
Yana, Im sorry but as I even stated in my original post I could have the linguistics wrong, I was in no way stating that I was right just what the words in ...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 27, 1999 7:40 pm
Allright, my life has no meaing except what I give it. This I have known/felt/accepted for years now. What I have been trying to discover it where the drive...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 27, 1999 7:42 pm
Allright, my life has no meaing except what I give it. This I have known/felt/accepted for years now. What I have been trying to discover it where the drive...
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C Borel
cborel@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 28, 1999 3:03 am
... "Drive," motivation, and terms of the like, I think, are those things that compel us to give our lives meaning. We are born with (or in some cases,...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 28, 1999 2:09 pm
Such a type of motivation is true for most everyone weither they believe that their life is with purpose or without. This blind animal ambition is indeed the...
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Frodo742@xxx.xxx
Jul 28, 1999 3:24 pm
In a message dated 7/28/99 10:13:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Jarod_Rollins@... writes: << Its doubtless that this motavation exists but to what ...
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Yana Youhana
yana_youhana@xxxxxxx....
Jul 29, 1999 5:12 am
The "Drive" exist from birth in all of us just like the "cancer", it only needs a switch to turn it on or off. In some cases, drugs are strong force to...
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Yana Youhana
yana_youhana@xxxxxxx....
Jul 29, 1999 5:13 am
The "Drive" exist from birth in all of us just like the "cancer", it only needs a switch to turn it on or off. In some cases, drugs are strong force to...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 29, 1999 1:28 pm
... True ,but you can still choose not to eat and die and thus deter such ambitions. This would be the freedom of choice taken to the extreme and existentially...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 29, 1999 1:28 pm
... True ,but you can still choose not to eat and die and thus deter such ambitions. This would be the freedom of choice taken to the extreme and existentially...
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Tom
tjajones@xxx.xxxx
Jul 29, 1999 5:12 pm
... When assessing the greater evil, the following contrived situation comes to mind. A man is walking along a bridge when he sees that a train carrying...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 30, 1999 1:52 pm
... Such an interesting position. I'll stick to basic existensism to answer this. It boils down to freedom. Every occupant on that speeding train was free...
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Charles Vermont
Funchoice@xxxxxxxxxx....
Jul 30, 1999 10:57 am
My name is Charles and I have just joined the list. I live in London, England and have a particular interest in Existentialist morality and ethics. Tom, I like...
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Chioh
wchioh@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx
Jul 30, 1999 3:55 pm
Yup, i agree with jarod here -- let the existential individual make his or her own moral choice. Consequentialist ethical theories like utilitarianism, try to...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 30, 1999 4:19 pm
... It seems like most of us agree that tricking the child is out of the ethical question but does the father have the right to even suggest to his daughter...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 30, 1999 4:19 pm
... It seems like most of us agree that tricking the child is out of the ethical question but does the father have the right to even suggest to his daughter...
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Tom
tjajones@xxx.xxxx
Jul 30, 1999 7:00 pm
... The daughter would not be a utilitarian. To clear up the ambiguity, she is young and naive and would probably do what her father told her unless her gut...
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Tom
tjajones@xxx.xxxx
Jul 30, 1999 6:53 pm
Charles Vermont wrote :- First of all, it seems to me the man is making a number of assumptions. He is assuming: My intention was to contrive the situation to...
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Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jarod_Rollins@xxxx.xx...
Jul 30, 1999 8:24 pm
... You could just as easily say that the passengers are being rewarded for their ignorance, as they step blindly onto a massive speeding steam powered...
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Chioh
wchioh@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx
Jul 31, 1999 5:43 am
... Tom When you say "The daughter would not be a utilitarian.", i take it to mean that if the daughter makes the choice of sacrificing herself to save the ...
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Charles Vermont
Funchoice@xxxxxxxxxx....
Aug 1, 1999 2:31 pm
Tom, Please could you resend this since I seem to only have the first part of it. Thanks Charles Vermont ... From: Tom <tjajones@...> To:...
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Tom
tjajones@...
Aug 1, 1999 7:17 pm
... I don't really think that the passengers are being rewarded for their ignorance. I don't see how you are formulating that idea. They are being saved and...
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Tom
tjajones@...
Aug 1, 1999 7:17 pm
It's ok - you've got all of it. ... From: Charles Vermont To: tjajones@... Cc: Existentialism List Sent: 01 August 1999 15:31 Subject: Fw: [existlist] Hi,...
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Yana Youhana
yana_youhana@xxxxxxx....
Aug 2, 1999 11:57 pm
My dear friends, I read ALL the replies and one thing that bothers me is that every one seems to think the little girl has no brains!!!, to be quite honest...
