The discussion centers on the value of "BSing" as a life skill, emphasizing its importance in navigating difficult situations. Key strategies include being repetitive, simplifying explanations, and maintaining a plausible narrative to avoid detection. Participants highlight the necessity of confidence and composure while suggesting that effective BSing often relies on a foundation of truth. The conversation also touches on ethical considerations, particularly in academic contexts, where genuine commitment and the activity view of the self are explored in relation to personal relationships.
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gravenewworld said:I am currently BSing my way through this paper for ethics on this topic-
"a genuine commitment is not an inner experience to which only the agent in question is privy. Rather, commitment is part of who we are, it is reflected in how we behave. That is why an activity view of the self provides a better understanding of commitment (187).
Using the next three sections of the reading (“Investment,” “Marriage,” and “Companion Friends”) please (a) discuss how the activity view of the self provides a better understanding of commitment. That is, what is revealed about the nature of commitment using an activity view of the self? (Note that responding to this question will necessarily entail including a working conceptual definition of the activity view of the self and then relating it to the idea of commitment. The end of chapter four may be helpful here.) Following, please (b) choose a relationship from your own life to illustrate the validity or the invalidity of the connection claimed by LaFollette in (a) above. Is/was there a healthy, committed relationship in your life that is accurately explained by the activity view of the self? Why/not? How/not?"