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Would it be okay for me to make threads on the different ethical theories that have shaped the world of philosophy over the years? Im trying to get that going on His but it aint happing :(
" This time on theories that are deontological i.e they basis the morality of an action on the inherent rightness or wrongness of an action.
>Murder is wrong because it is bad. can never justify it.
Talk about where it fails, where it succeed, better theories, is it even usable? The thread is open to any ethical theory btw." Is that allright...
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>>7402825
Do as you will. Expect shit-posting.
>>7402829
Allright well, what do you think about deontological theories? Are they a better alternative to telogical theories (e.g Utilitarianism?)
One thing I'll say about Kantian ethics is that it is held as much more extreme and untenable than it really is, and it is also much more 'flexible' than thought, because it demands the moral law and maximes to come from within. The categorical imperative does not tell you what to (not) do, it gives you a way of checking wether the rule you are following makes sense and is tenable.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I wanted to love this book so much. I tried so hard to get through it, I swear I did! But I'm on page 117 and I can't do it anymore. It's become such a burden.
It's the ramblings that make me hate it. There's so little action (is there even a plot?) and too much talking. And most of it's hot air. I don't care if the character is supposed to be talkative, noisy, and obnoxious. You can get those qualities across without spending 4 pages reciting their word-for-word spew about themselves.
Any...
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>>7402673
hello?
Just finished reading this and I need to talk about it.
What a ride!
This is best book I've ever read. Don't know why I didn't read it years ago since I've pretty much read almost all his major works. Maybe I was afraid to be let down... I feel so stupid now.
Anyway, many parts of this book blew me away, but first lets discuss why do you think K. was arrested?
>>7402629
>why do you think K. was arrested?
It says right at the beginning that it's because someone must have been telling lies about him.
>why
Do you think the reason why he was arrested is important?
is this new pasta or have i just never seen it? i wanna do one
I paid 6€ for the three books. Does it worth?
not really. faulkner in translation is missing the entire point and there's legitimately no reason to read darwin at all.
the middle book is fine, dublineers is translatable, can' say about woolf.
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No, m8. Why do you translation? I'm disappointed in you...
Is "starting with the greeks" the actual best introduction to literature and philosophy or is it just a meme? I've been lurking here a while and in the context i've seen it used it always looked a little tongue-in-cheek.
>>7402574
Why don't you read them and find out?
>>7402587
Asking here first is easier
not the best introduction to literature
but if you're reading philosophy, the greeks kinda ask all the questions everyone else is trying to answer so they provide a whole lot of context.
Where does /lit/ read?
>>7402484
living room
Anywhere. I just sync everything on my tablet, phone and computer and read the same book at home, at work, at uni, waiting for the bus, taking the bus, and pretty much every time I'm waiting for something that will take more than 5 minutes. If I have a physical copy it's even better.
Also I really like that room, it's very Deus Ex-y
Either the couch or the armchair through the day, and I also read in bed every night.
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Is Derrida's 'of grammatology' worth the read? I've seen it getting some hate on this board but is it really that bad?
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How the HELL did this win a literary award? Did the bear have some hidden meaning I failed to understand?
What do you expect from a meme country like Canada?
>>7402480
It was pretty fucking funny though.
>>7402480
I admit that Canada offers not much in the way of lit stuff but we at least gave the world David Cronenberg. His films are /lit/ as fuck. I have yet to read his actual book tho.
As for OP question I have no idea. As a joke gift I ordere Bear online for one of my friends. She said it was fuckin awful, at least it was short.
I remember feeling werid early this year tho cause I saw a bunch of copies of it in the front of a chapters. I guess people here are sick fucks.
Greetings
What is /lit/'s opinion on G.W.F. Hegel's philosophy?
/lit/ has long since overcome Hegel.
total nonsense
>>7402349
>'overcome'
That's a peculiar view, I mean I could see how some pubescent prick could 'overcome' Stirner or nihilism or something, but Hegel isn't some meme philosopher to 'overcome' or grow out of. I don't claim to understand him yet, but I've read portions of Philosophy of History and History of Philosophy and Philosophy of Right, and there's a depth and systematic force there that I want to try to grasp.
I genuinely found this novel to be extremely inspiring and original. It really did take into account so much things that I had to be impressed.
Perhaps not /lit/-tier in narrative but what does the average /lit/izen think of Max Brooks?
>>7402226
Dad not much like the statist worship.
I like his zombie books
world war z has some really good/interesting chapters (and some horrible ones)
the survival guide is great in some parts, I especially liked the last chapter with "real" zombie events
>>7402226
I would have liked it if I was younger. It felt pretty adolescent.
If Every Ocean Tells a Story
Can this Princess
Use her quippish finesse
For her and I to see
Across seas
to the island of our love?
Celebrate our love
With such cupidity
Maps left for real territories
Our own island in the sun
Without weezin
Smellin the breeze
No need to freeze or be frozen
Love was always an open door
Magic, Imagineering
The ride of our love
Sailing
Freely
Safely
to the shores of our wildest dreams
Faboost...
It seems...
Is is a pretty powerful thing
>>7402219
>quippish finesse
>>7402219
>her and I to see
>>7402219
>island of our love
HP Lovecraft has just taken your favorite book and rewritten it to his liking
What changes?
Moby-Dick is an indescribable horror from the depths that mind-rapes the entire Pequod crew.
Gravity's Rainbow is about a transcendental self-perpetuating system of violence with complexity and form beyond human comprehension fuelled by the ritualistic sacrifices of life by occult fanatics that speak to the dead.
.. Wait a minute....
Abie Poe rides down from the mountains and into Ukulore preaching the ancient knowledge of the Old Ones, swiftly converting the town and announcing Beth as a vessel.
Only Euchrid can see the horror unfolding both in the town and the valley itself.
They all die when Euchrid leads them into doghead.
I heard a rumor from a close friend of George R.R. Martin that the new book won't be released in time before the series because he was working on the prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
How does this make you feel?
>>7402179
I don't care.
I hope it's never released
First time on this board. Looking for something to read.
I don't read much at all anymore, and was wondering if you guys could recommend some books to me that are addicting.
I remember in highschool I loved reading science fiction books and such.
Anything with suspense and that will keep me on my toes that you can recommend?
That or just any good books in general that are worth reading?
Start with the Greeks.
Polybius - The Histories
>>7402116
read the sticky
Any great "really out there" kind of literature? Something that is not really structured, something really weird? I'm new to reading, but reading classics isn't cutting it for me.
If the normal page turner isn't enough for you and you want a book that plays around with the role of printed text, House of Leaves might be a good purchase for you.
>>7402046
Brautigan
I'll check these out, thanks.
