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SlowJoeCrow44 t1_j1qrwt9 wrote

Reply to comment by CarousersCorner in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | December 26, 2022 by BernardJOrtcutt

I don't think the causation runs in that direction. I don't think one can philosophizing themselves to becoming a good person. I think that we only use philosophy to justify our bad actions or support oit good ones after the fact.

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CarousersCorner t1_j1rejv7 wrote

This is an interesting idea. I guess I was kind of asking a complicated question in too simple of terms. As an example, someone could have a base life philosophy of stoicism, and model their actions based on those philosophical principals

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