Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the...
This passion for the absolute may be well-intentioned but happiness is deceiving and, over time, subject to habituation. This is an ethical conversation spanning both short-term and long-term considerations. Value, utility and future outcomes are predictive. Information is the equalizer.
I am tired of hearing universal pleas of reason over passion, or the other way around. This particular hierarchy is a simplistic rationalization of justification for one's intellectual legacy. Enough of these canopy conversations, from what tradition do you pull your ethical claims?
