The ethical and existential issues he raises how can we, knowing what we now know, justify not only allowing the game to continue, but to also remain fervently devoted to it—should give even the vaguely philosophically inclined fan pause.
"In the cinema the question we ask is how can we be credible, knowing that the cinema is false?" Ms. Huppert said.
How can we create conditions for change, knowing that the voices will come from the ground up, and that we can't predict what will happen?
For how can we make any rational choice without knowing our primary ends, or fundamental values and commitments?
"We can probably live our lives just fine without knowing chemistry, but how can we be good citizens without a grounding in American democracy?" he said.
Think about it, how can knowing the contents of the food we eat be less important than knowing about the contents of our compost?
And how can knowing, intelligent taste buds possibly prefer Pepsi to Coke? (I guess that's a biological question).
But with neighbours such as Danny the question could be asked: how can you live knowing who lives next door?
Even when the results of my yearly checkup show perfect health, how can I relax knowing that the minute I leave the doctor's office something may start growing in me and, by the time a full year rolls around, my chest X-ray will look like a Jackson Pollock?
"How can I live knowing my son to be living in jungle caves, alone with no money?
How can you justify knowing that you'd do anything for someone else, but that you wouldn't do anything for you?
