According to Savater there are different justifications that conditionates the way we act: “ordenes”: this comes to play when we obey somebody who has somekind of power over ourselves.
In those situations when we do things over and over again even without thinking and also because everybody does it,so we are talking about “costumbres”.This two reasons above are considered by Savater that comes outside as if they were imposed to us. Finally Savater talks about “caprichos”, that is when we act in a particular way because we want to do so and there is no other reason.
After reading this chapter I can see that for every act we perform Savater wants to give a possible reason, cause, etc. He wants to justify the way we act everyday of our lifes and he finds this way as the easier to explain to his son the reasons that may conditionate his behaviour.
In those situations when we do things over and over again even without thinking and also because everybody does it,so we are talking about “costumbres”.This two reasons above are considered by Savater that comes outside as if they were imposed to us. Finally Savater talks about “caprichos”, that is when we act in a particular way because we want to do so and there is no other reason.
After reading this chapter I can see that for every act we perform Savater wants to give a possible reason, cause, etc. He wants to justify the way we act everyday of our lifes and he finds this way as the easier to explain to his son the reasons that may conditionate his behaviour.
4 comments:
What roles do orders, habits and whims play in your daily life, Laura? How much choice do you feel you have every day?
It'd be great to learn how you relate Savater's thoughts to your own life today
Keep blogging!
Fondly,
Gladys
I feel that I have the last word about the orders to obey,the habits to follow and the whims to do, and that is something that make me think that I have to reflect carefully on the decisions that are very important in my life. these three conditions of our behavior are present in my life, but whims are present in a least degree because I think that I´m a person who thinks about a decision to do not just once but several times in order not to regret about that later, I am not that kind of person who acts unconsciously all the time.
I feel that I have the last word about the orders to obey,the habits to follow and the whims to do, and that is something that make me think that I have to reflect carefully on the decisions that are very important in my life. these three conditions of our behavior are present in my life, but whims are present in a least degree because I think that I´m a person who thinks about a decision to do not just once but several times in order not to regret about that later, I am not that kind of person who acts unconsciously all the time.
Thanks for answering me, Lau! did you know that the idea that reason is better than impulsivity is culturally bound?
Fondly,
Gladys
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