G. P. Xavier | Justice and the Violence of Life @gpxavier | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
How do we reconcile our need for justice with the inherent violence of life? Modern people are confused about this. If there's no transcendent world of perfection, why demand universal justice—a demand that, if carried through, would eliminate life?
In this video, I explore various religious and philosophical approaches to this problem: Nietzsche's affirmation of violent life, the Christian idea of the fall of creation, the transhumanist desire to transform everything, the Hindu belief in the universe as God's play (lila), the self-sacrificial theology of Simone Weil, and the ethical thought of Max Scheler.
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Nietzsche Quote
6:40 Christianity
11:22 Modernity/Modern Confusion
14:08 Transhumanism
16:52 Nietzschean Vitalism
20:27 Hinduism
24:25 Simone Weil
28:39 Immanence and Transcendence (List of the Positions)
32:12 Scheler's Hierarchy of Values
37:04 Hope for Complete Transformation?
39:38 Concluding Thoughts
LINKS:
Original essay: gpxavier.writeas.com/the-violence-of-life-vpck
'Christ and Kali' video: youtube.com/watch?v=wSU5ExWAG7w
Scheler's Hierarchy of Values: youtube.com/watch?v=vWb5BW26YxI
Rupert Sheldrake book on 'laws' of nature as 'habits': sheldrake.org/books-by-rupert-sheldrake/the-presence-of-the-past-morphic-resonance-and-the-habits-of-nature
How do we reconcile our need for justice with the inherent violence of life? Modern people are confused about this. If there's no transcendent world of perfection, why demand universal justice—a demand that, if carried through, would eliminate life?
In this video, I explore various religious and philosophical approaches to this problem: Nietzsche's affirmation of violent life, the Christian idea of the fall of creation, the transhumanist desire to transform everything, the Hindu belief in the universe as God's play (lila), the self-sacrificial theology of Simone Weil, and the ethical thought of Max Scheler.
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Nietzsche Quote
6:40 Christianity
11:22 Modernity/Modern Confusion
14:08 Transhumanism
16:52 Nietzschean Vitalism
20:27 Hinduism
24:25 Simone Weil
28:39 Immanence and Transcendence (List of the Positions)
32:12 Scheler's Hierarchy of Values
37:04 Hope for Complete Transformation?
39:38 Concluding Thoughts
LINKS:
Original essay: gpxavier.writeas.com/the-violence-of-life-vpck
'Christ and Kali' video: youtube.com/watch?v=wSU5ExWAG7w
Scheler's Hierarchy of Values: youtube.com/watch?v=vWb5BW26YxI
Rupert Sheldrake book on 'laws' of nature as 'habits': sheldrake.org/books-by-rupert-sheldrake/the-presence-of-the-past-morphic-resonance-and-the-habits-of-nature
