Comments on: Moral Paradox with Saul Smilansky http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/09/14/moral-paradox-with-saul-smilansky/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: wph http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/09/14/moral-paradox-with-saul-smilansky/#comment-17071 wph Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:25:06 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1661#comment-17071 I was thinking about this sort of moral paradox recently with the death of David Foster Wallace. The guy had an amazing talent and produced some outstanding work, but he apparently struggled all his life with depression and addiction, ending in his suicide at 46. If you could push a button and give that life to your kid, would you do it? Or would you push the button for the mediocre, reasonably happy life? I suspect i would choose mediocrity for my kid, yet I want to celebrate the life of Wallace, not the mediocrities of the world. I was thinking about this sort of moral paradox recently with the death of David Foster Wallace. The guy had an amazing talent and produced some outstanding work, but he apparently struggled all his life with depression and addiction, ending in his suicide at 46. If you could push a button and give that life to your kid, would you do it? Or would you push the button for the mediocre, reasonably happy life? I suspect i would choose mediocrity for my kid, yet I want to celebrate the life of Wallace, not the mediocrities of the world.

]]> By: wph http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/09/14/moral-paradox-with-saul-smilansky/#comment-17070 wph Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:25:06 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1661#comment-17070 I was thinking about this sort of moral paradox recently with the death of David Foster Wallace. The guy had an amazing talent and produced some outstanding work, but he apparently struggled all his life with depression and addiction, ending in his suicide at 46. If you could push a button and give that life to your kid, would you do it? Or would you push the button for the mediocre, reasonably happy life? I suspect i would choose mediocrity for my kid, yet I want to celebrate the life of Wallace, not the mediocrities of the world. I was thinking about this sort of moral paradox recently with the death of David Foster Wallace. The guy had an amazing talent and produced some outstanding work, but he apparently struggled all his life with depression and addiction, ending in his suicide at 46. If you could push a button and give that life to your kid, would you do it? Or would you push the button for the mediocre, reasonably happy life? I suspect i would choose mediocrity for my kid, yet I want to celebrate the life of Wallace, not the mediocrities of the world.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/09/14/moral-paradox-with-saul-smilansky/#comment-17069 Will Wilkinson Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:14:52 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1661#comment-17069 Sorry. Link added to the post, and here:<br><br><a href="http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14400" rel="nofollow">http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14400</a> Sorry. Link added to the post, and here:

http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14400

]]> By: rpjohnson2 http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/09/14/moral-paradox-with-saul-smilansky/#comment-17068 rpjohnson2 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:16:37 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1661#comment-17068 OK, I am new to reading you, so this is a very uniformed question (but I did try to search for an answer). Is Free Will a pdocast and where can I listen to it or download it for later listening? OK, I am new to reading you, so this is a very uniformed question (but I did try to search for an answer). Is Free Will a pdocast and where can I listen to it or download it for later listening?

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