good intentions* that ignore emotion. The winning out of 'logic' over and above 'human' considerations.
'human' considerations: emotions, how a perfectly 'emotional' being would be expected to react in such a situation
'logic' : self-encapsulated reasoning that constructs rules in which your underlying desires / self-motivations can be justified. largely influenced by observed mechanics of the culture / micro-society an individual finds themselves embedded in.
*good intentions that are unintentionally, but in actuality, self-centered? harmful to others?
Exhibit A: Walter from Breaking Bad. Begins drug trade to pay for cancer. Stays in drug trade to...?
Exhibit B: The Red Witch / Stannis from Game of Thrones. Begins quest for throne because God says he should. Sacrifices personal happiness for supposed victory in battle. Happiness, but at what cost?
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some days I remember the lies you told me and i laugh at both of us at me, for wanting so badly to believe you at you, for having t...
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A lot of scientific epistemology or historiography focus on the methodology of discovery, the paradigm shifts of humans and the viability an...
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outlining, on the ground in blood chalk the structure of that thing that you need or feel that you need in order to feel full.
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Sadly, I could not comment on this article via the NYT website because I read it too late. Thank goodness for blogs though! Reading throu...
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