Our culture tends to be highly objective when it comes to our value system. We are in an eternal rush to assimilate objects. Money (our official value symbol) is the "objectification of objects", meaning it represents a universal abstraction of the worth of objects, the market value of objects, if you will. Thus, we "objectively" view objects.
enhancement of life
establishing cultural values
By basho - Posted on March 27th, 2008
Tagged: culture
• economy
• enhancement of life
• finance
• happiness
• money
• Philosophy
• Spirituality
• values
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Better future
The Human Gift
By basho - Posted on March 27th, 2008
Tagged: altruism
• beyond rationality
• Economics
• enhancement of life
• Ethics
• gift
• giving
• love
• phenomenology
• Philosophy
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
In one of my classes we have recently been studying a text by Jean-Luc Marion. In the little I have read so far, Marion has given an extremely interesting approach to the notion of the gift in our society.
joys of "philosophy"
By basho - Posted on March 22nd, 2008
Many people misconceive "philosophy". They will gloss over its meaning, encase it within a (static) term, mummify it. They simplify, reduce, and strangle- too weak to face the intensity of "philosophy" head on.
