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Re: General advice beyond Org
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edgar |
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Re: General advice beyond Org |
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Sun, 27 May 2018 18:32:30 +0000 |
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On 2018-05-27 17:19, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> If you add "freedom to do X" you inevitably remove the
> "freedom from having others do X".
X is Free Software.
i write some, share it widely.
this stops your X how?
Of course, like all tradeoffs, some are trivial because the downside
is negligible. Still, which part of what I wrote do you dispute?
Stefan
I guess that this got lost in the mailbox (because--I just noticed--I
did not edit the subject):
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: help-gnu-emacs Digest, Vol 186, Issue 39
Date: 2018-05-26 07:24
From: edgar@openmail.cc
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 15:19:29 -0400
From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: General advice beyond Org
We are talking about people's freedom.
"Freedom" is a vague concept, applied in very subjective ways.
Yep. That's what I meant before (a very human concept). Still, does not
prevent us from trying to understand or define it.
It's not like you can increase freedom in some respect without reducing
it elsewhere.
This sounded like a scratching blackboard. These are not my words:
“once a {person} has seen that values depend upon {her or himself,
(s)}he can
will only one thing, and that is freedom as the foundation
of all values.” Sartre is clear that freedom underpins every
choice we make, and so (as our values are nothing more than
our choices) freedom underpins every value we create. So
when I choose I am not only choosing a particular action, I
am also willing the freedom which enables me to make that
choice in the first place. We can add in here Sartre’s view
that whatever I choose myself I am also choosing as an image
or ideal for the whole of humanity. Therefore, whenever I
make any free choice of my own I am also willing freedom for
the whole of humanity; I am universalising freedom.
I am not a philosopher, but the guy who wrote it was. Now, we could ask
Nietzsche or Hume what they think about this, and see the sparks from
afar. :P
So "rational" doesn't have much to do with it.
If trying to understand it or define it is not an option, I agree :) .
Stefan
Thank you, Stefan. May be we could get together one of these days to
discuss more about the subject. In the mean time, I want to express my
appreciation to all of your comments.
---- End forwarded message ----
I came here asking for your help on a particular issue that I need to
solve. Although the discussion about freedom is a very needed one, I
wish not to take responsibility on its development on this forum (it
seems like hijacking). I would suggest the readers and writers to go
through the history of philosophy (or some sort of monograph) to find
the answers which others have already produced on the topic. It is not
by chance that there is still a discussion on whether one should produce
software with GPL (and adherents) or not. This discussion seems to be
drifting towards closed v.s. proprietary v.s. non-free v.s. free
software. To me, there needs to be a real discussion which remains
recorded, but I don't know if the moderators and other users of this
list are going to appreciate it if it happens here. Out of respect, I
recuse myself.
As I have expressed already, I thank all of you very much for your
comments on my personal issue :)
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- Re: General advice beyond Org, (continued)
Re: General advice beyond Org, edgar, 2018/05/23
- Re: General advice beyond Org, Stefan Monnier, 2018/05/23
- Re: General advice beyond Org, Marcin Borkowski, 2018/05/26
- Re: General advice beyond Org, Stefan Monnier, 2018/05/26
- Re: General advice beyond Org, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2018/05/27
- Re: General advice beyond Org, Stefan Monnier, 2018/05/27
- Re: General advice beyond Org,
edgar <=
- Re: General advice beyond Org, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2018/05/28
- Re: General advice beyond Org, Stefan Monnier, 2018/05/28
Re: General advice beyond Org, edgar, 2018/05/23
Re: General advice beyond Org, edgar, 2018/05/23
Re: General advice beyond Org, edgar, 2018/05/23
Re: General advice beyond Org, edgar, 2018/05/23
Re: General advice beyond Org, edgar, 2018/05/23