| midnight rain |
10-17-2010 09:28 PM |
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Originally Posted by RVCA
(Post 942763)
Forgive me if my response doesn't accurately respond to your objection.
Developing personality is, like growing a pinky toe, something that happens to everyone regardless of what decisions they make in life. Perhaps some people aren't content with the identity that they develop, and perhaps some people are. Does that give enough reason to justify pride in one's identity? .... No, I don't think it does. You can be prideful in having made a decision that was later revealed to be beneficial or satisfactory. Or you can have pride in certain aspects of your identity, aspects that you consciously had to work at. Such as being someone who has resolved to never tell a lie.
But like I said, everyone develops their personality whether they consciously choose to or not. Having pride in making good decisions that lead to what you consider to be a positive identity upon later reflection makes sense. Having pride simply because your identity is dynamic and is an inevitable result of decisions you made that weren't made specifically for the purpose of identity-development, that doesn't seem to make as much sense to me.
Little did you know, I'm using a Black/White deck! I play one Plains this turn, followed by Vindicate on your Circle of Protection.
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An interesting perspective you have there. But if we're going to take it from that approach, why not go the whole 9 yards?
After all, we didn't choose the way our brain works anymore than we chose the color of our eyes. In a way, what appears to be 'choices' is just a brain's response to a given situation in a certain environment, so if you don't want to give credit to yourself for inherited traits, why stop at the neck? The brain is just as much random genetics as sexuality. Free will is a questionable term at best.
IMO, you're putting too much thought into this. Sure someone may not have achieved something in inheriting this pride. But there's an easy distinguisher between shame and pride. Would you not argue that people can't feel shame about their sexuality? If people can be ashamed they're gay (even if it's not chosen), why can't they have pride? |
