Comments on: The 33rd Humanist Symposium http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/01/the-33rd-humanist-symposium/ Just trying to catch butterflies, fish, lunatics, and stars, metaphorically speaking. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:35:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Moody http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/01/the-33rd-humanist-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-6170 Moody Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:09:57 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=169#comment-6170 Thanks for the comment, Dee. I am glad you found the articles engaging. You said, "As I grow older and see my convictions change with experience, my conscience grows more and more quiet." I think that's interesting. As a person in his forties I have to say that I generally don't 'hear my conscience'. I think that in part that's because by this point in life my typical, daily behavior is so ingrained in me as to be relatively unconscious. I don't tend to run into ethical/moral issues that challenge me; I know where I stand and I act accordingly by default. It has been my experience that we hear our conscience more when we are unsure (for whatever reason) about following the right ethical/moral path for us. Thanks for the comment, Dee. I am glad you found the articles engaging.

You said, “As I grow older and see my convictions change with experience, my conscience grows more and more quiet.”

I think that’s interesting. As a person in his forties I have to say that I generally don’t ‘hear my conscience’. I think that in part that’s because by this point in life my typical, daily behavior is so ingrained in me as to be relatively unconscious. I don’t tend to run into ethical/moral issues that challenge me; I know where I stand and I act accordingly by default. It has been my experience that we hear our conscience more when we are unsure (for whatever reason) about following the right ethical/moral path for us.

]]> By: Dee http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/01/the-33rd-humanist-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-6169 Dee Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:59:28 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=169#comment-6169 I've been reading these articles here and there over the past week or so, and the need for a collection of them, has been sort of like this knot in my mind, as I pondered various points. I seems so odd to have to DEFEND one's position so frequently against whatever more mainstream flavor of the month. I tell myself over and over, "just keep focus within", but in action it is quite a tough gig in all the opinions circling around. I much enjoyed Bilgin's piece, and this quote in particular: "You can achieve self-actualization, only if you drop this mindset, accept yourself and your environment as they are, and do what your own conscience tells you." If it would be a lot easier if my conscience would only tell me one thing. As I grow older and see my convictions change with experience, my conscience grows more and more quiet. I’ve been reading these articles here and there over the past week or so, and the need for a collection of them, has been sort of like this knot in my mind, as I pondered various points. I seems so odd to have to DEFEND one’s position so frequently against whatever more mainstream flavor of the month. I tell myself over and over, “just keep focus within”, but in action it is quite a tough gig in all the opinions circling around. I much enjoyed Bilgin’s piece, and this quote in particular: “You can achieve self-actualization, only if you drop this mindset, accept yourself and your environment as they are, and do what your own conscience tells you.” If it would be a lot easier if my conscience would only tell me one thing. As I grow older and see my convictions change with experience, my conscience grows more and more quiet.

]]> By: Carnivalia : The Uncredible Hallq http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/01/the-33rd-humanist-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-6168 Carnivalia : The Uncredible Hallq Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:25:01 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=169#comment-6168 [...] 78th Philosopher’s Carnival is up at There Is Some Truth in That. *The 33th Humanist Symposium is up at [...] [...] 78th Philosopher’s Carnival is up at There Is Some Truth in That. *The 33th Humanist Symposium is up at [...]

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