Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!tove!dsn From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social Subject: Re: What people look for in MOTAS Message-ID: <206@tove.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-May-85 19:12:39 EDT Article-I.D.: tove.206 Posted: Sun May 12 19:12:39 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 14-May-85 08:26:14 EDT References: <147@unc.UUCP> <158@unc.UUCP> <235@sdcc13.UUCP> <9572@rochester.UUCP> <73@utastro.UUCP> Reply-To: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 24 Xref: linus net.singles:6014 net.social:489 In article <73@utastro.UUCP> jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag) writes: > >Just the suggestion "Like yourself" won't do it for you, I'm sure: >you need a *reason* to gain your own approval. That makes things much >more difficult. Which kind of pie do you prefer--apple or cherry? Whichever kind you prefer, what is the reason for your preference? An argument can be made that the most important reason is simply that your own choice to prefer what you prefer. The same argument can be made about self-esteem. If I'm going to choose to like myself because I satisfy some set of external criteria, then I won't be able to like myself if I ever fail to satisfy those criteria. The ideal reason for liking oneself would be "I like myself because I CHOOSE to do so". Or, if you want a different reason, "I like myself because I enjoy life more when I like myself." "I like myself because I choose to do so" may seem kind of arbitrary--but what external criteria are there that aren't just as arbitrary? -- Dana S. Nau, Computer Science Dept., U. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 ARPA: dsn@maryland CSNet: dsn@umcp-cs UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!dsn Phone: (301) 454-7932