Comments on: This Week on Free Will: Stephen Marglin http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: golfman_story http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12638 golfman_story Fri, 15 May 2009 23:16:29 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12638 This is quite impressive, I am pleased to read this post, keep posts like this coming, you totally rock!<br><br><a href="http://landscaping-ideas.the-mnm.info" rel="nofollow">http://landscaping-ideas.the-mnm.info</a> This is quite impressive, I am pleased to read this post, keep posts like this coming, you totally rock!

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]]> By: A particular universalism « Entitled to an Opinion http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12636 A particular universalism « Entitled to an Opinion Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:11:38 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12636 [...] foundations have proven more durable. I find more to admire in the achievements of the Amish than Will Wilkinson (only one murder recorded in their history), but since I happen to value the benefits of impersonal [...] [...] foundations have proven more durable. I find more to admire in the achievements of the Amish than Will Wilkinson (only one murder recorded in their history), but since I happen to value the benefits of impersonal [...]

]]> By: Lipo http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12635 Lipo Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12635 The gains in wealth and longevity provided by the amish way of living doesn´t compensate the boredom of their lives. What fun do they have? They dont have tv,cinemas,movies.... I prefer to die younger and happier The gains in wealth and longevity provided by the amish way of living doesn´t compensate the boredom of their lives. What fun do they have? They dont have tv,cinemas,movies…. I prefer to die younger and happier

]]> By: Emely http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12634 Emely Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:09:37 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12634 youve been good enough youve been good enough

]]> By: Mike G http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12633 Mike G Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:59:58 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12633 I wouldn't say "designed to lament the loss of community" because that seems to misdiagnose the problem. It does seem to be the case that humans enjoy what Will refers to as thick identities and tribal meaning, but humans also enjoy a host of other things, from consuming sweet fatty foods to having good health to spending lazy days on the beach to gossiping about mutual acquaintances, and many other things besides these. Choice and cost is inherent in the human condition, and therefore inherent any system -- liberal cosmopolitan utopia or otherwise. The "residue of regret" comes from awareness of choices and cost. Perhaps the only distinctive factor of a liberal cosmopolitan utopia in this regard is that the system is most likely to support a population with the wealth and education to contemplate these topics. (Which I take as a good thing.) I wouldn’t say “designed to lament the loss of community” because that seems to misdiagnose the problem.

It does seem to be the case that humans enjoy what Will refers to as thick identities and tribal meaning, but humans also enjoy a host of other things, from consuming sweet fatty foods to having good health to spending lazy days on the beach to gossiping about mutual acquaintances, and many other things besides these.

Choice and cost is inherent in the human condition, and therefore inherent any system — liberal cosmopolitan utopia or otherwise. The “residue of regret” comes from awareness of choices and cost. Perhaps the only distinctive factor of a liberal cosmopolitan utopia in this regard is that the system is most likely to support a population with the wealth and education to contemplate these topics. (Which I take as a good thing.)

]]> By: Mike G http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12646 Mike G Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12646 I wouldn't say "designed to lament the loss of community" because that seems to misdiagnose the problem. It does seem to be the case that humans enjoy what Will refers to as thick identities and tribal meaning, but humans also enjoy a host of other things, from consuming sweet fatty foods to having good health to spending lazy days on the beach to gossiping about mutual acquaintances, and many other things besides these. Choice and cost is inherent in the human condition, and therefore inherent any system -- liberal cosmopolitan utopia or otherwise. The "residue of regret" comes from awareness of choices and cost. Perhaps the only distinctive factor of a liberal cosmopolitan utopia in this regard is that the system is most likely to support a population with the wealth and education to contemplate these topics. (Which I take as a good thing.) I wouldn’t say “designed to lament the loss of community” because that seems to misdiagnose the problem.

It does seem to be the case that humans enjoy what Will refers to as thick identities and tribal meaning, but humans also enjoy a host of other things, from consuming sweet fatty foods to having good health to spending lazy days on the beach to gossiping about mutual acquaintances, and many other things besides these.

Choice and cost is inherent in the human condition, and therefore inherent any system — liberal cosmopolitan utopia or otherwise. The “residue of regret” comes from awareness of choices and cost. Perhaps the only distinctive factor of a liberal cosmopolitan utopia in this regard is that the system is most likely to support a population with the wealth and education to contemplate these topics. (Which I take as a good thing.)

]]> By: Craig http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12632 Craig Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:31:02 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12632 Are we really 'designed' to lament the loss of community? There are lots of people in the modern world who embrace individualism and cosmopolitanism without regrets. This is the problem with biological (read reductive) accounts of human behaviour - they simply ignore the countervailing impact of our choices, which can change our beliefs and even our basic psychology. Are we really ‘designed’ to lament the loss of community?
There are lots of people in the modern world who embrace individualism and cosmopolitanism without regrets.
This is the problem with biological (read reductive) accounts of human behaviour – they simply ignore the countervailing impact of our choices, which can change our beliefs and even our basic psychology.

]]> By: Craig http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12645 Craig Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:31:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12645 Are we really 'designed' to lament the loss of community? There are lots of people in the modern world who embrace individualism and cosmopolitanism without regrets. This is the problem with biological (read reductive) accounts of human behaviour - they simply ignore the countervailing impact of our choices, which can change our beliefs and even our basic psychology. Are we really ‘designed’ to lament the loss of community?
There are lots of people in the modern world who embrace individualism and cosmopolitanism without regrets.
This is the problem with biological (read reductive) accounts of human behaviour – they simply ignore the countervailing impact of our choices, which can change our beliefs and even our basic psychology.

]]> By: josh http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12631 josh Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:42:07 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/03/03/this-week-on-free-will-stephen-marglin/#comment-12631 Title suggestion: The Marglinal Cost of Thinking Like an Economist Title suggestion: The Marglinal Cost of Thinking Like an Economist

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