obligation vs. commitment

[jinian]

Via pleonastic, Unitarian Universalist Doug Muder on why fundamentalists are so freaked out by liberal tolerance. Very interesting stuff.

Comments

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Wow, that just... that explains a lot to me. Wow.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that in UU World this month. Thought-provoking article. Am still pondering it.

[thatmathchick.livejournal.com]

That is really interesting. I've found (and read about) 2 different types of world-views - that the world happens to us, and that we happen to the world. I'm firmly in the second camp, which makes me more inclined to think that chosen obligations have more value, or that well-considered choices are a good way to navigate the world. But maybe the first one is more consistent with feeling that since things happen because they are "meant to be", there are obligatory responses.