06-09-2015, 07:10 PM
This paragraph sums it up for me. It is easy to say we will try to see through the eyes of others, but it is really prettyt much impossible
"There are certain limits, however, to how far we can go. The philosopher Laurie Paul, in her book “Transformative Experience,” argues that it’s impossible to actually imagine what it would be like to have certain deeply significant experiences, such as becoming a parent, changing your religion or fighting a war. The same lack of access applies to our understanding of others. If I can’t know what it would be like for me to fight in a war, how can I expect to understand what it was like for someone else to have fought in a war? If I can’t understand what it would be like to become poor, how can I know what it’s like for someone else to be poor?"
Even if a rich person tries living on the streets with no money he will never really know the hopeless feeling of being poor because iot is all just an act to him. He may get a better understanding of the har5dships they face, but he will never really know what it FEELS like
"There are certain limits, however, to how far we can go. The philosopher Laurie Paul, in her book “Transformative Experience,” argues that it’s impossible to actually imagine what it would be like to have certain deeply significant experiences, such as becoming a parent, changing your religion or fighting a war. The same lack of access applies to our understanding of others. If I can’t know what it would be like for me to fight in a war, how can I expect to understand what it was like for someone else to have fought in a war? If I can’t understand what it would be like to become poor, how can I know what it’s like for someone else to be poor?"
Even if a rich person tries living on the streets with no money he will never really know the hopeless feeling of being poor because iot is all just an act to him. He may get a better understanding of the har5dships they face, but he will never really know what it FEELS like
