Nod. Apologies for the somewhat curt/patronizing tone in the previous comment. I think your point here is a fine point but is not really what I wanted the discussion on this particular post to be about. (It feels like it’s arguing against a position I don’t expect anyone here to actually hold)
But, I do appreciate you following my posts generally and look forward to other discussion on this post and others.
It appeared to me that your post was at least partially motivated by questioning the philosophical robustness of the first song, and that the song could plausibly be criticized for implying that bigger circles are inherently better, even if the people singing it don’t reflectively endorse that position.
(I admit that songs need to choose a trade-off between brevity and nuance that is further towards the “brevity” side than most philosophy, but I don’t feel like “bigger is better” is much good even as an approximation.)
Nod. Apologies for the somewhat curt/patronizing tone in the previous comment. I think your point here is a fine point but is not really what I wanted the discussion on this particular post to be about. (It feels like it’s arguing against a position I don’t expect anyone here to actually hold)
But, I do appreciate you following my posts generally and look forward to other discussion on this post and others.
No offense taken.
It appeared to me that your post was at least partially motivated by questioning the philosophical robustness of the first song, and that the song could plausibly be criticized for implying that bigger circles are inherently better, even if the people singing it don’t reflectively endorse that position.
(I admit that songs need to choose a trade-off between brevity and nuance that is further towards the “brevity” side than most philosophy, but I don’t feel like “bigger is better” is much good even as an approximation.)