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We act out things that we don’t understand
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We “understand” things in many different ways: acting out, feeling, representing partly incorrectly
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Abstract representation probably most high-level form of understanding
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Thus, limiting what you consider legitimate knowledge to abstract representation → large part of knowledge has to be cut out
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Animals have a form of knowledge, which might not be abstract representation
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The individual, culture and nature
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There are positive and negative archetypes of each of these
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Need all six characters to guard against ideologies (that lack half of the characters)
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Free will
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Is there free will? What is free will?
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Is determinism compatible with free will?
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If causality is one force and randomness is another force, would free will be a third cause?
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Not believing in free will creates problems with taking on responsibility.
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You can take on responsibility (in a pragmatic sense) and it will help you, but since you don’t have to, you might lack the motivation.
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You can explain your behaviour and say “I couldn’t have acted differently”.
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Impossible (practically) to find all causes of human behaviour.
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Female archetypes
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The history of Hungary
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Morality
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You need to share norms/values in order to be in the same circle of morality (where you can demand things of others and they can demand things of you)
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How can you listen to demands made by people who do not share the same values?
- They put you outside of their moral circle, but want to stay inside your moral circle
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In many situations, norms and values are not an issue (treating a patient in hospital - won’t ask them about their values first)
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All human beings share some basic values
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