Comments on: The Chameleon RIP http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/06/26/the-chameleon-rip/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Paul Moloney http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/06/26/the-chameleon-rip/#comment-2265 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:17:02 +0000 http://philosophyonthemesa.wordpress.com/?p=1124#comment-2265 While watching the news about Michael Jackson, Tamar made comment about how much Jackson had accomplished in his life in comparison with her, she being in the general age range as Jackson. I had to think the same of myself, being about six years older than Jackson. If I have any accomplishments at all, they are in the notebooks, which contain what I take to be philosophy, sitting around the apartment in various places. In other words, I do not have the public achievements made by Michael, and I am not known by people all around the world because of them.

One would have to be very irrational, for want of a better word, to deny the reality of Michael’s accomplishments, but this is what some people do. Some people try to undermine the greatness of his achievements by morally judging him. I think much of the criticism of Michael is based on envy. If one judges according to envy, and if envy is immoral, how can one possibly give a moral judgment based on envy? Their judgment is necessarily immoral.

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