thread: 2006-06-15 : The who and why of the owe list
On 2006-06-19, brianm wrote:
I think this one proves my brain does not operate in the same orbits as the denizens of ???anyway??? and its creator.
???If you can do what you might do, will you????
Without any countervailing impulse or restriction, why not? What, beyond mental instability, would lead anyone to pursue anything other than their own desires? (And, in that respect, how would the hypothetical world be different from this world? It merely lacks one of a host of desires that we weigh and judge as most desirable, pursuing it at the cost of others.) If we???re assuming an absolute absence of any moral imperative, and an adventurous spirit undaunted by fear of conflict, even against mighty foes, where are we to look for a force to counter the simple vector of desire? And thus the object of desire can only be mildly interesting, while the struggles and conflicts to achieve that desire could be extremely interesting.
But I???m not sure how any answer beyond, ???I strive for what I want,??? can make any sense.
So I???m clearly not understanding the question at all.
- Brian
