Tag Archives: Ethic

Living Philosophy (or “How to get Fired”)

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series (False) Inclu­siv­ity

When describ­ing the philo­soph­i­cal approach of the Upan­ishads, Michael Nagler states, “…meta­physics and ethics are one.“1 I respect this con­cept in many ways, and I’ve often won­dered if my ethics (mean­ing my actions) will line up with my phi­los­o­phy or not. I recently had a chance to find out…I acted accord­ing to my phi­los­o­phy. I’ve …

August 23, 2011 – 5:20 pm | By Matt | Posted in Christianity, Life, Philosophy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Determining the Neighbor--Who is it That I Shall I Love?

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series (False) Inclu­siv­ity

I was recently exposed to Žižek’s cri­tique of the com­mand­ment to “love your neigh­bor”. Briefly, Žižek says that such uni­ver­sal­ized expres­sions of love are noth­ing but ide­al­ized fal­si­ties that cover/mask the human­ity of the Other. The typ­i­cal def­i­n­i­tion of “the neigh­bor” in this con­text is a per­son close to us, say a fam­ily mem­ber or a …

August 13, 2011 – 3:00 pm | By Matt | Posted in Christianity, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)