Jessica Tizzard
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286 appearances
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first heard Nov 2020
last heard Nov 2020
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And all the while, sort of at the back of her mind, there's this thought that I'm doing something wrong.
So I think there is room for that kind of case.
But yeah, but I like calling it a dilemma because I think that's important.
Yeah, I like that way of thinking about it.
And I think it's helpful to remind ourselves of that.
Because if you read a lot of philosophy papers on weakness of will, sometimes they'll just talk about a case where, you know, I have an extra piece of chocolate cake.
And I think...
Having that piece of cake is just painted as obviously something that I shouldn't be doing.
That doesn't have any appeal to me beyond the sort of like animal instinct to like gorge myself on something sweet.
And we're supposed to think, you know, I have no real reason to want to do that.
So really, I think it kind of, yeah, sucks the dilemma out of the situation.
I think it is important to think of weaknesses coming from a sort of, yeah, robust dilemma between sort of conflicting principles or duties.
Yes, that's true.
Yes, I do think we can take it to extremes.
Right.
I think it's an underexplored part of Kant's philosophy that he thinks, yeah, having general moral principles is not quite enough.
I need also to have what he calls a sort of cultivated sense of judgment.
I need to be better at sort of reading the situation.
I need to have more experience in sort of being able to
In wanting to go to the party, I'm not thinking about this is my sort of duty to socialize, right?
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