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Originally Posted by iccky
...Our self-perceptions are not entierly a product of our own "inner strength" or whatever term Rand would use because they inherently involve an aspect of our place in social relationships and the role we play in them. The only real way we can gather that information is by feedback from others.
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Our self-perceptions as well as our every emotion and expression are nothing more than an act of plagiarism because all that we are is the result of social conditioning. Subsequently, choice itself is an illusion. And none of this negates the fact that their is and must be a line between that which results from our own decisions and that which results from the pressures of outside influence.
"Nothing is all - all is contradiction"
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If this woman is truly in an emotionaly abusive relationship, her husband has probably cut her off from friends, relatives, and convinced her that her co-workers are idiots who don't deserve to be listened to.
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And with that same line of thought we'd also conclude that the only thing that could ever stop her husband from manipulating her is when he wakes up one day and realizes that what he's doing to her is wrong. When you present abuse as a viable option then you should expect
And with that same line of thought we could also conclude that the only thing that could ever stop her husband from manipulating her is the day that he wakes up and realizes that what he's doing to her is wrong.
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If he says she only has value as a social being if she gets D-cups, she has little choice - she can't choose to get information about her value as a social being from others. You can't really ask her to take "personal responsibility" for this aspect of her life, as she really has no control over it.
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That's just absurd. You are who you believe yourself to be and sadly enough she believes herself to be deserving of the sad situation she's in. It's not right but fair is fair.