tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post2516351835110042079..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: Week one comment 2 June 12, 2017 - DonPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-66038814049977765892017-06-13T12:53:45.665-05:002017-06-13T12:53:45.665-05:00"I'm not a bad guy but I do bad things......"I'm not a bad guy but I do bad things..." What would a pragmatist say? Or an existentialist? Well, whatever they'd say it's still on each of us to DO, and if we're not the sum of our acts I don't know what we are (besides very good rationalizers of self-serving acts). Anyway... Vega's a very talented guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSejtLO78XYPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-86801700643821590042017-06-12T21:21:19.539-05:002017-06-12T21:21:19.539-05:00There is no easy decision here. There is only the ...There is no easy decision here. There is only the decision that you can live with on a daily basis. Too often, people want to know how a person will carry the weight of a decision, especially if it differs from how they would care it. In this case, I would not think to long about this decision. I would adopt the ancient philosophy of "flip-ism" and let fate decide my fate. For if I am to be damned either way, then I will trust in fate. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943082944062234473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-24104017758392571632017-06-12T20:49:14.054-05:002017-06-12T20:49:14.054-05:00wow that is a great post.The dilemma is a tough de...wow that is a great post.The dilemma is a tough decision. If you sign and take the $2 million you would be going against morals and not helping your community. If you do not take it you are still poor but you are doing the right thing? Maybe Vega is right you can take the $2 million and help the community later, but if it were me I would turn the money down flat. Your home is your home and if this publisher is distributing tainted water he needs to be stopped bottom line. Your morals are your morals it makes you a person . No human should ever be denied fresh water or food no one!so no amount of money can buy me off to help contribute to a right for everyone to drink safe water. It is dispicable what happened in Flint, MI. The guy that caused that should be in jail end of story and the government should get their water clean as soon as possible no excuses. i do not care if you live in Iran , America or Africa. No one should ever as in all nations creeds races religions etc.. be denied fresh food and water. Cannot be bought off, will not stand for it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-86937215671637226842017-06-12T19:39:02.743-05:002017-06-12T19:39:02.743-05:00That was a great example with the publishing compa...That was a great example with the publishing company and the writer. Often times we as humans find ourselves in internal conflicts where we are forced to decide between doing what's right for ourselves and those closest to us, or whether we decide to do what's right for the greater good and help humanity, even if that means that we suffer personally. The battle that many face is that they feel as though, even if they do the "right" thing then the corporation (the government, the man, the system, etc.) will still win in the end, and so it seems pointless for them to suffer along with everyone else. The entrepreneur/rapper Jay-Z has a line in one of his songs where he says, "I can't help the poor if I'm one of them, so I got rich and gave back to me, that's the win-win". I think sometimes in those lose-lose scenarios like the one described above, it may actually make sense to take the $2 million dollar deal and use it to help people relocate from the neighborhood, or hire lobbyist for political and legal changes to the plant. It's a very difficult situation and tugs at the souls of men. Vega Tigarriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488015102737908447noreply@blogger.com