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                                 June 21, 2011

   ALL_THINGS_SHINING

Actually, Dreyfus and Kelly claim they are not being
prescriptive, and they avoid using the word "should":

   "Are we saying that everyone *ought* to
   live a polytheistic life?  No. Ours is
   not a moralistic claim, but a claim
   about what the gods are calling us to
   do. It is a natural temptation to ask
   why one *should* hear the call, or why
   one *should* heed it if it makes itself
   heard.  But these moralizing
   tempatations must be avoided."                Yup, that must be
                                                 avoided.  Because
                                                 that would be, you
                                                 know, like, bad.

                                                    You shouldn't
                                                    say should.

                                                        SHINING_FASCISTS
        "There is no *reason* why one ought
        to hear or respond to the call of
        the gods: callings just demand to be
        heard and obeyed."  -- p.221             Hey, you don't have
                                                 to do it on my account.
                                                 It's just demanded that
       So, they're not                           you obey.  By The Gods,
       telling you how to                        you know.  But there's
       live. But if                              no imperative here.
       there's a plurality                       No double-talk, either.
       of good ways to
       live, aren't we
       back at what they
       call "nihilism"?

           SHINING_FLASH

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