
Episode 102: Emerson on Wisdom and Individuality
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Morality Is Not About Self Flagellation
Einrand: People misunderstand what morality is. They think it means putting on this hair shirt and talking about, aren't i terrible as a white person because of the predicament of black people or something like that. Morality is not about self flagellation. It's about massocism and self hatred for the sake of atoning for your own wrongs, or for the wrongs of your people. I do not wish to expiate, but to live my life is for itself, and not for a spectacle ego. That flows into a section that looks at not good and evil in themselves, but good and evil as social tools. Their works are done as an apology or
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