tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2363998158539302524..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The problem of abstraction - when you get rid of common sense, the mind is open to limitless manipulation; but escape destroys civilisationBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79476981970249385282018-12-24T16:28:46.901+00:002018-12-24T16:28:46.901+00:00@CCL - You have not understood the point. Stay tun...@CCL - You have not understood the point. Stay tuned. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-41667509440917914822018-12-24T15:31:06.051+00:002018-12-24T15:31:06.051+00:00We need to reject our particular decadent civiliza...We need to reject our particular decadent civilization.<br /><br />But we must not abandon that on which all civilizations, decadent or not, depend.<br /><br />Whether or not we want to create a new civilization after the death of this one (and man-portable armor penetrating firearms make it questionable whether having our own civilization is absolutely necessary as a defense against hostile civilizations, though I am inclined to the view that there is nothing wrong with restarting civilization), we should not forget that all civilization absolutely depends on reason and productive innovation.<br /><br />I don't know what else you think a decadent civilization "depends" on, but it is most likely something that is in reality better described as a corrosive influence destroying civilization. This confusion may be understandable in that the corrosive influences destroying civilization are now inextricable from our current civilization and give it the decadent character which makes rejection of our particular civilization morally necessary.<br /><br />However understandable, such confusion is not helpful.Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.com