This is the second part of a two-part series by Nicholas Joll. The first part was published last month and can be found here. 4. Everything you do is morally wrong (Adorno) Here are some things you may have noticed: Almost half the world lives in extreme poverty. Exploitation, alienation, and oppression abound. So too does stupid, conformist, and hateful thinking. You will Continue Reading …
Nothing So Absurd?
Introduction “There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.” So wrote Cicero.[1] The immediate occasion of his remark was the claim that it is wrong to eat beans. Cicero attributes this claim—as do other sources—to Pythagoras and his followers. The Pythagoreans held that eating beans disturbs not just the body but also the soul. Or so Cicero reports. A Continue Reading …
Adorno and the Reproach That a View Is “Too Subjective”
Imagine that you have seen a film with a friend. You are telling him about what you take to be the themes of the film and about what you believe the film tries to say. Your friend objects that such things are "too subjective." He prefers to talk about features of the film that, he says, are more objective—such matters as where the film was shot, who produced it, how many Oscars Continue Reading …