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The Expanding Circle Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
Peter Singer
What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely in biology--especially in Darwinian theories of evolution and self-preservation. But if evolution is a struggle for survival, wh...
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The Daily Stoic
The book was mentioned in relation to its core idea--the ability to expand the circle of what we think about, care about, and are connected to, which is seen as a core idea of Stoic philosophy and humanism.
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I thought it is actually a kind of a great it's a great actually encapsulation of I think one of the core ideas of Stoic philosophy also seems like a core idea of humanism itself is is this is our abi...
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Episode: Sarah Bakewell on Humanism and The Power of Connec...
The book was mentioned in relation to its core idea--the ability to expand the circle of what we think about, care about, and are connected to, which is seen as a core idea of Stoic philosophy and humanism.
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I thought it is actually a kind of a great it's a great actually encapsulation of I think one of the core ideas of Stoic philosophy also seems like a core idea of humanism itself is is this is our ability to expand that circle of what we think about what we care about what we're connected to it's expanding a circle of concern isn't it for him yeah and yeah at one point actually I was going to steal or borrow that for the title of one of my chapters but it ended up changing to something different but yeah very much so
Episode: To Find Pleasure, Look for Purpose
The author explains that Stoics avoided the paradox of hedonism; those who seek pleasure do not find it, while those who do not, find it anyway. The book suggests that real fulfillment comes from working towards a larger purpose outside oneself.
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It's interesting he writes that those who seek their own pleasure do not find it and those who do not seek it, find it anyway. The pleasures of a self-centered life eventually fall and the drive for still higher levels of luxury and delight brings not lasting satisfaction.
Hence these philosophers claim he writes, if we want to lead a happy life we should not seek happiness directly but should find a larger purpose in life outside of ourselves.
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