tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post1270717305933053707..comments2023-04-02T09:49:12.204-04:00Comments on Problems of Life: Integrity, Tranqulity, and ConflictMatthew Pianaltohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380038537888895216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post-12160189110013060322011-07-12T18:20:21.247-04:002011-07-12T18:20:21.247-04:00I don't have any big comments, I'm afraid....I don't have any big comments, I'm afraid. It's a fine paper and your argument seems sound to me. But I was a little confused when you say on p. 18 that a bad reason is no reason at all. Do you mean that a bad reason for doing something is no reason to seriously consider doing that thing? I think that's at least close to what you mean, but it could maybe come out more clearly. That's the only nit I found to pick.DRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708344766825805406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post-80303246883450403132011-07-13T23:57:55.351-04:002011-07-13T23:57:55.351-04:00Thanks. I'll look at it. I'd sent it off w...Thanks. I'll look at it. I'd sent it off with the hunch I would need to shorten it, and though I've presented different truncated versions, wasn't sure how to re-orient things, to streamline it. It might make sense to focus more up front on "divided selves" of the sort I discuss later in the paper, and to simplify what I say about temptation, since under the description of temptation which involves actually deliberating over that which is tempting, at least in some cases, I would more or less agree with Cottingham. (What to say about cases like the Hienz dilemma--about stealing a drug to save one's spouse--is still, I think, a different kind of case, say, from the person tempted to take a bribe.)Matthew Pianaltohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380038537888895216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post-60952845398527639402011-07-14T13:10:45.882-04:002011-07-14T13:10:45.882-04:00Yes, if you need to shorten it that strategy makes...Yes, if you need to shorten it that strategy makes sense. I don't think you do need to, though, unless someone tells you otherwise (which maybe they have done). (And I agree about the difference between being tempted to take a bribe and being tempted to steal in order to save your spouse.)DRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708344766825805406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post-14478438010083705242011-07-14T13:21:43.217-04:002011-07-14T13:21:43.217-04:00I'm making some progress today. A bit of a new...I'm making some progress today. A bit of a new start, and getting clearer on what it is that the emphasis on psychological integrity (say, as sufficient) leaves out. For example, the person impervious to the world might rest in utter tranquility, but we need to know more before pronouncing that integrity (and I think this is not just a question of what's going on psychologically, but what that person's situation in the world is...though this is a different sort of case than the "divided selves" ones).Matthew Pianaltohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380038537888895216noreply@blogger.com