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Lacanian Ethics

Žižek And So On

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Is There a Big Other?

There's no like substantial big other, but there was a virtual one manifested through your actions. But also I think manifested through a society which functions and acts as if there is one. It's not telling you how to act, but it's kind of the virtual point on which your actions are projected. That standard changes throughout time, obviously. And that's why like a coin to Lacan's position or ZZ hacking position,. Like there is the, kind of quilting point that the ethical guarantee, but it'm not a specific thing - so we can't just say moral law doesn't apply in concrete situations. We have to take responsibility for translating abstract injunction into series of concrete

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