So Michel Foucault, arguably the best thinker and philosopher of the 20th century and original gangster of critical theory, had a set of morals all of his own that we should all consider paying mind to.
Foucault lived and achieved success through a moral code of only three steps.
1. The refusal to accept as self evident the things that are proposed to us.
Don't accept anything as fact. Everything can and should be questioned.
Why should we believe that which is presented to us as fact, for most societal recommendations or instructions are norms, not rules.
A perfect example of this is gender norms. “you’re a boy so you can’t/shouldnt wear a skirt” (but like why?, thats not a rule, thats not a fact, thats nonsense.)
2. The need to analyze and to know, since we can accomplish nothing without reflection and understanding thus, the principle of curiosity.
research, understanding and falling on your own conclusions. most of what we know and believe has been told to us not achieved through self discovery or experience.
most of the time when we believe we’re thinking were actually listening and repeating. So what have you not heard before and why?
3. The principle of innovation, to seek out in our reflections those things that have never been thought or imagined.
Again, figure out what have you not heard, been taught, or seen, and why you haven’t heard, been taught, or seen this.
what is it? and why can it or can it not come to be?
Refusal~ Curiosity~ Innovation
and remember. “The enlightenment that inspired the liberties also invented the disciplines” M.F. (the OG)
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