willow: "i didn’t spell this out yesterday but obviously the entire passage presupposes that vivisection is not only justified for humans to do, but even that the victim would accept vivisection if they were simply lectured to about its virtues. lol, blatantly ideological"

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willowApr 15, 2024

i have so many thoughts about this passage

william james, the will to believe, section 4

willowApr 15, 2024

i’m feeling somewhat sympathetic for those who feel the pull of the metaphysical need. how else is one to cope with weakness in the face of monstrosity and no power to overcome the conditions this horrific world is predicated upon? for most it is too much to bear.

willowApr 15, 2024

entirely contrary to james' point, this is the unpragmatic conservative political consequence of religious belief: it has the power to arbitrarily justify any amount of gruesome pointless suffering and give it cosmic purpose

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willow @dreary.dev

i didn’t spell this out yesterday but obviously the entire passage presupposes that vivisection is not only justified for humans to do, but even that the victim would accept vivisection if they were simply lectured to about its virtues. lol, blatantly ideological

April 16, 2024 at 9:51 AM