tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839476617854682423.post6179304759090764797..comments2011-10-25T12:07:09.221-07:00Comments on My Thoughts: Journey into SuperstitionVerl Humpheryshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131385915080884257noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839476617854682423.post-18971772761381852292011-08-12T15:27:20.849-07:002011-08-12T15:27:20.849-07:00May I begin by saying this is an excellent and wel...May I begin by saying this is an excellent and well-thought out objection. However, I would like to point out some errors that you make, in order to explain Feser's position more clearly.<br /><br />“Treadmills have human derived final cause of improving health.”<br />This is true. However, health is still a biological final causal proper to living things (e.g. humans). Treadmills in and of themselves (i.e. per se) do not cause health. It is the living thing that uses treadmills properly that leads to health. <br /><br />“Walking on a treadmill frustrates the biologically final cause of walking.”<br />Here you confuse two different actions, “walking” and “exercising.” Walking is defined just as you defined it, motion from one point to another. Using a treadmill is not this sort of action. Indeed, using a treadmill is a type of exercising, whose final cause is health. <br />Now, if you attempted to walk in such a way that you tripped, say by moving your right foot in front of your left, rather than in a parallel motion, i.e. good walking, then this would be opposed to the good of walking, i.e. motion forward. If it was done intentionally it would be a moral evil and probably lead to a sore head if you landed on your face.<br /><br />“However, not having sex also prevents life and there is nothing inherently immoral about that.”<br />Not acting does not frustrate natural ends, because the ends are not being sought. If this were true then it would be evil to not walk, since one would not be achieving the good of going somewhere.<br /><br />“Because of our ability to reason we can over rule a biological final cause with our own desired final cause.”<br />If this is true, may I by fiat of my reason ignore the biological final cause of your health and kick you in the groin? If this is true, there is no objective standard for good besides what we declare the good we are pursuing.Michael Humpheryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330150748884079539noreply@blogger.com