Tag: Ethics
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The good life and sustaining life: Early reflections on my fall course at Kaos Pilots
With special reference to the neighborhood dugnad * The subject of my fall course at Kaos Pilots is the connection between the good life and sustaining (or bare) life. Logically and chronologically, the question of the good life must come before that of sustaining life. It is not the case, I shall be arguing, that human beings first…
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Our modern moral metaphysic: My basic set of questions
In the past weeks, I have been investigating the main assumptions that underlie our modern moral metaphysic. So far, I have examined arguments 4 and 3 (in that order). 1.) Because the world is lost and fallen, it needs to be changed or ultimately saved. 2.) Because the world is broken or out-of-order, it needs…
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Humans as inquisitive creatures
A few days ago, I wrote about the metaphysical-ethical picture, which claims that human beings are weak. I believe this picture is widely held today. I believe the picture is untrue. Below, I sketch a more accurate picture of human beings as inquisitive creatures. * Metaphysical-Ethical Picture 2: Human Beings are Inquisitive Creatures 1.) Human beings…
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The second aspect of reality revisited
I am thinking of radiance, thinking radiantly. So far, I have argued that reality consists of beings (finitude), being (totality), and non-being (infinity). I wish to revisit totality today. Before, I claimed that the feature we perceive in totality is wholeness. In terms of ethics, we would want our souls to be as whole as…
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Orders of beauty: In accordance with nature (2)
Let us remind ourselves of what we have said. 1. The best human life is one that is lived in accordance with nature. 2. To live in accordance with nature is to bring into harmony the good, the true, and the beautiful. 3. First metaphysics. Nature (or reality) reveals itself in its three aspects: finitude,…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 