HW 2-Blog Comments 1

Jessica,

I liked how you used quotes from the lecture so I got a better understanding of what parts you were talking about. Basically you made me feel like you agreed with what David Banach was saying about us being the only one's who can truly feel what we are feeling and in the moments we feel them.

What really stuck out to me was when you said "People only see our appearance and we could easily lie to them saying that we are okay but really not." I can connect this to us putting on masks in our everyday lives so that we don't have to show people who we really are or what we are feeling.

You also helped me develop my own thoughts on the quotes you mentioned a little more. I agree with what you said about people trying to relate to our feelings but that our feelings could have been a "different" type of feeling from theirs. I think that we understand ourselves better than others do. We can't understand other people's thoughts or feelings as best they can.

So my question is do you agree with the quote in the lecture "each of us is alone in this world"?


Michelle,

I liked how you agreed with what Banach had to say about "absolute individuals" in his lecture and questioned it as the same time. You stated what he mentioned and then you stated what you thought. What stood out to me was what you said in response to Banach- "Banach is not right because if he is and we are completely alone then I am concerned. Because then everything we feel or connect with others is fake which would make life sad. I agree with you because even though we understand ourselves better than anyone else we are still able to feel/ have similar feelings which allows us to connect with each other. I think that maybe you could have tried to answer your question "when we connect with others, do we just imagine it?"
Maybe you could have proved or disproved him.

Your post got straight to the point of the first part of his lecture. Nice.

1st Post

When thinking about the three questions David Banach poses in the first paragraph of his lecture "The Ethics of Absolute Freedom" which are "What can the absolute freedom of absolute individuals mean?" "What is human flourishing or human happiness?" “What ethics or code of action can emerge from a position that takes our individuality seriously?"I want to reflect on my own life and how I chose to live it to try and answer them. I think that the "absolute freedom" of an individual means someone who does whatever they want, they believe whatever they want and so on because they have the right to do so. I think that "absolute individuals" have the right to enjoy their lives as they please. Individuals have that freedom to be who they want. Freedom could mean something different for everyone.

I think that as long as you don't have any regrets about the way you choose to live your life and are happy with the outcome then that's all that should matter. What brings us happiness in life? I feel like we should strive for those things. When it comes to the code of action or set of ethics on how we should live our life- what is the right way to live? I don't believe that anyone really knows the answer to this question. Is there a right or wrong way to life your life? This too may be different for everyone.