You could say we have no choice in the matter, Robin.
Except to choose.
david
----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: Statement
> Alison:
>
> WTG!!!! Nice to know that the Sartrean project isn't dead.
>
> Robin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 7:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Statement
>
>
> > >Surely nobody believes ALL their decisions are ethical? Like which
> shoelace
> > >to tie first, for example?
> >
> > I have this horrible feeling that, as human beings are moral creatures,
> > any decision we make, whether or not that choice is illusory, whether it
> > appears trivial or not, is an ethical decision; moreover, that our lives
> > and selves are created cumulatively second by second, on the fulcrum of
> > each second-by-second decision. I suppose such a view of ethics is an
> > existential one, and for me deeply embedded in a poetics. Following
this
> > to its logical end need not only create unbearable weight, but also
> > freedom; it's not a question of dithering about each choice, but
> > attempting to become conscious, to understand what an act _is_.
> >
> > Not that I've personally managed anything like existential sainthood, of
> > course; I get it wrong too often.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Alison
> >
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