I will star talking about the first chapter of this book “Ética para amador” by Fernando Savater who talks about a few concepts that are difficult to define and or to understand.
First of all, Savater wants to tell us that we have a “powerful tool” that conditionates our actions, which is “will”; that is, we can learn something or not to learn it just if we want to do so. Another thing that influences what we want to do is the point of view that we have about the situation or the action.If we think that it suits us so it is “good”, but if it does not suit us so it is “bad”.
After that comes a concept that is more difficult to talk about without arising discussion:what is “freedom”?Savater tries to give us a couple of items of what freedom concerns.We are not free of choosing every situations such as the place we were born, the parents we have, etc, but we are free to answer to those situations.Another point that he makes is that freedom is not to do all the things that we want even those things that are imposible for us.
He finishes this initial chapter telling that we can choose the kind of life we want, choosing what is good or bad for us. The “art of living” is what ethics concerns.
First of all, Savater wants to tell us that we have a “powerful tool” that conditionates our actions, which is “will”; that is, we can learn something or not to learn it just if we want to do so. Another thing that influences what we want to do is the point of view that we have about the situation or the action.If we think that it suits us so it is “good”, but if it does not suit us so it is “bad”.
After that comes a concept that is more difficult to talk about without arising discussion:what is “freedom”?Savater tries to give us a couple of items of what freedom concerns.We are not free of choosing every situations such as the place we were born, the parents we have, etc, but we are free to answer to those situations.Another point that he makes is that freedom is not to do all the things that we want even those things that are imposible for us.
He finishes this initial chapter telling that we can choose the kind of life we want, choosing what is good or bad for us. The “art of living” is what ethics concerns.
