The Malaise of Modernity (2/5) - Charles Taylor

[@stressaccount7664]

There must be a connection between this idea of authenticity as a self-chosen morality and the worldview of Descartes where man was torn out of his context of belonging to a shared culture made of eternal forms into an object that simply relates to other objects in a material godless world.

[@elel2608]

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[@crosslight4175]

I bet his grandchildren hate him.

[@rossharmonics]

Could you explain that?

[@mattmcgowan7491]

@@rossharmonics Because kids these days are vapid, atomized, and believe in moral relativism (of course that's a huge generalization but it's where crosslight's comment is coming from).

[@rossharmonics]

@@mattmcgowan7491 Oh. Thanks for clarifying. You weren't being sarcastic. In that case, we are looking at the same thing.

[@sethball1319]

What an extraordinarily pointless and ignorant thing to say.

[@elel2608]

Not unless he raised them well.