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In this week’s edition, I discuss the connection between consciousness and intrinsic value. Then, I am joined by Professor and Dean of Intellectual Foundations at the University of Austin Jacob Howland to discuss man’s finitude and his grasping for the infinite, how orientation can provide limitless abundance or a bottomless fall, and where Socrates and the Talmud overlap. From the archives, I revisit a conversation about how to create deep relationships.
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Advice
You Have Value
People do not like it when you treat them like they are not conscious. They react very badly to that. And you do not like it if someone assumes you are not conscious or that you do not have free will, that you are just absolutely determined in your actions, and there is nothing that is going to repair you — and you do not need to have any responsibility for your actions.
The laws of our culture are predicated on the idea: People are conscious, people have experience, people make decisions and can be held responsible for them if there is a free will element to it.
You can debate all that philosophically, and fine. But the point is, that is how we act and that is the ideal that our legal system is predicated on. And there is something deep about it because you are subject to the law. But the law is also limited by you, which is to say that in a well-functioning, properly grounded democratic system, you have intrinsic value.
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“An Evening to Transform Your Life” Tour
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson has boldly learned and masterfully taught on a variety of subjects over the course of his career. With innovative teachings on masculinity, marriage, vision, depression, anxiety, negotiation, and success, he has shared his knowledge in several series that are now available in his Mastering Life Collection. This collection of exclusive material is available only on DailyWire+.
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'An Extraordinarily Useful Vision Of Governance': The Basic Principles Of Conservative Thinking
There is a principle that governs conservative thinking that is actually derived from the Catholic Church, and then even more deeply, derived from an older biblical tradition based on the Old Testament Exodus story, that proper governance — proper distribution of responsibility — should follow the principle of subsidiarity.
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Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland | EP 536
In this episode, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with author, Professor, and Dean of Intellectual Foundations at the University of Austin, Jacob Howland. They discuss man’s finitude and his grasping for the infinite, how orientation can provide limitless abundance or a bottomless fall, where Socrates and the Talmud overlap, and why God offers Abraham adventure as the covenant.
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Relationship Advice From Experts On Consciousness
In a conversation with Tor Nørretranders earlier this year, I discussed what happens when we shed any self-imposed constraints, which are often created because we are afraid of our own entropy. For example, when I talked with my clients during marital counseling, I would ask them to identify why they were dissatisfied with their spouse; the goal was to help them understand they could seek what they were looking for within the confines of their own relationship. It is conceivable to draw interesting possibilities out of people where you may have only thought there was stultified actuality. You cannot substitute a presumption for a person. When you attend to someone in a deeper sense, they innately express love and openness more aptly.
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Thank you for reading,
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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