Daniel, you can read Stirner’s book here. It’s not really “macho”, that would be more Ragnar Redbeard’s “Might Makes Right”.
Among the things Stirner writes about is freedom of expression. He does not care for what the state or the church say he may write, because he takes such freedom for himself (many unauthorized printings of his book were made). He does not respect the holy but instead regards taboos against blasphemy as attempted restrictions on him that he will violate. For people who say that he ought not to speak of certain things because they are horrible and upsetting, he says the uninterrupted calm of others is not of his concern.
Stirner does not reject all notions of love or even alms-giving. He just views them in an egoistic manner, imagining a Union of Egoists (which may consist in something as simple as two friends going for a walk) that find benefit in each other.
Does Max Stirner offer a less macho, less silly, more considered response to the objections that Eliezer raised with his “selfish” interlocutor?
Stirner can be said to offer a response (though I suppose not in a literal sense since he has been dead for so long) but you do not strike me as inclined to give it a fair reading.
Daniel, you can read Stirner’s book here. It’s not really “macho”, that would be more Ragnar Redbeard’s “Might Makes Right”.
Among the things Stirner writes about is freedom of expression. He does not care for what the state or the church say he may write, because he takes such freedom for himself (many unauthorized printings of his book were made). He does not respect the holy but instead regards taboos against blasphemy as attempted restrictions on him that he will violate. For people who say that he ought not to speak of certain things because they are horrible and upsetting, he says the uninterrupted calm of others is not of his concern.
Stirner does not reject all notions of love or even alms-giving. He just views them in an egoistic manner, imagining a Union of Egoists (which may consist in something as simple as two friends going for a walk) that find benefit in each other.
Does Max Stirner offer a less macho, less silly, more considered response to the objections that Eliezer raised with his “selfish” interlocutor? Stirner can be said to offer a response (though I suppose not in a literal sense since he has been dead for so long) but you do not strike me as inclined to give it a fair reading.