causes and power
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Looks at several types of power in an ethical setting.TRANSCRIPT
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CAUSES & POWER:The Illusion of Efficiency
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What is Power?
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Power to control. . .
Power to do. . .
Power to change things. . .
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Power = Force
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“The capacity to get work done is perhaps the simplest definition of power.”
James Hillman, Kinds of Power (30)
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“Power requires efficiency to maintain itself.”
James Hillman, Kinds of Power, 33
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“Treblinka was the largest of five camps built exclusively for the purpose of extermination. According to a most conservative estimate these camps killed close to 3 million people in 17 months.”
Hillman, Kinds of Power, 33
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That’s efficiency
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FOUR KINDS OF CAUSES
Formal Final Material Efficient
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Think of a statue. . .
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The Sculptor = Efficient Cause
produces changes . . .
Brass = Material Causeto a block of brass. . .
Sculpture = Final Causeto create a beautiful object . . .
Idea = Formal Causewith the idea of a statue in mind.
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Aristotle’s formal cause (the idea) begins to fade. . . .
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By the time of John Locke (17th cent.), the efficient cause is the sole answer to the question, ‘why?’
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The efficient cause makes things happen.
It governs all events.
Without its partners it can lose all touch with the reality of life.
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Problems with efficiency as the first principle:
Short-term thinking, no looking ahead.
Means become ends.
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We must ask. . . .We must ask. . . .
What is the purpose for which our efficient actions are performed?
What is the purpose for which our efficient actions are performed?