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Morality gains all of its ground out of the actualization of individual life. Only by reference to this individual actualization can moral judgment gain prescriptive ground.
Edward D. Thompson
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(Added by Ed Thompson on 5/27, 12:30pm)
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The products of a thought process (the content of thought) are not quite as crucial as the process itself (the mode of thought). In all unclear cases, the proper rule to follow is to allow mode to supercede content. If the mode of thought is correct, then the content of thought will be something which approaches the real (and context dictates the precision required to deal with reality productively). This is what is meant by the statement that: 'What you believe is not as important as how you believe.'
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(Added by Ed Thompson on 9/19/2004, 9:45am)
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Learn and live.
Edward D. Thompson
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(Added by Ed Thompson on 8/23/2004, 8:59pm)
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Human motivation occurs when folks think themselves competent, to gain or keep things thought valuable, by methods thought efficient.
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The most intractable problem for contemporary philosophers to overcome is to learn how and when to sacrifice precision for accuracy (when the goal is to think well, nothing is more vital than accuracy).
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In the fight for liberty, it’s not the “size of the man in the fight” that counts. It’s the “size of the office” that eager oppressors inhabit. In our zeal to procure a “particular man” who is both right and just - to head the administration of a given form of government - let us not lose sight of the much more promising value for us to act to gain or keep: a “particular form of government” which is both right and just.
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(Added by Ed Thompson on 5/24/2004, 11:57am)
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