'Tis a blessing to be simple
Apr 11, 2007
Thesis: virtue is impossible these days; the most one can hope for is continence or vice.
Comments
on 2007-04-12 8:31:31.0, A White Bear commented:
Virtue is the same as it ever was, but now we more readily see its ill effects.
and, further, on 2007-04-12 19:14:45.0, dave zacuto commented:
The antithesis: only vice is possible. Continence is amoral because it is an internal state, not involving agency.
and, further, on 2007-04-12 22:23:12.0, bitchphd commented:
I dunno, having had to change adult diapers a time or two (not mine), continence is pretty virtuous. Although its lack isn't vicious, just kinda undignified for all concerned.
and, further, on 2007-04-17 15:15:39.0, Adam Kotsko commented:
Let's be honest here: in our boring times, when we're so bored and boring, isn't there something to be said for the simple satisfaction of a shit well-shat?
and, further, on 2007-04-17 18:25:36.0, ben wolfson commented:
A well-shat shit, shot into the shit-chute, is indeed one of the signal pleasures of life.