tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2601628916037768716..comments2024-03-19T10:45:06.077+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Beyond Hedonism by Abraham Maslow - insightfully kicks the can further down the road, but still with no understanding of his necessary destinationBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-45570422565864480972015-05-01T09:51:31.226+01:002015-05-01T09:51:31.226+01:00@WmJas - Well, that is sort-of my point. Almost ev...@WmJas - Well, that is sort-of my point. Almost everything about Maslow's work pointed towards completion in Judaism or Christianity; but the work itself is predicated on the assumption that these have been superceded, will not work in modern conditions, are (necessarily and intrinsically) characterized by dogmatic unmystical simple-minded literalism and hypocritical manipulation (etc). Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-52103630866946496402015-05-01T05:26:22.609+01:002015-05-01T05:26:22.609+01:00It's interesting that you say Maslow was open ...It's interesting that you say Maslow was open to anything except Judaism and Christianity -- because the passage you quote certainly reads as if it were specifically and deliberately anti-Buddhist. Maslow expresses, much more effectively than I could myself, my own reasons for rejecting Buddhism as fundamentally anti-human. Christianity, though, with its iconic image of a tortured God, seems much more consonant with Maslow's point of view.Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.com