Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 15, 2020

Sometimes self-awareness hits you like a punch in the gut.

what heart? Calvin has none

If the shoe fits…

What morality, Calvin?

The truth hurts sometimes.

Ooooo, i just love Calvinosophy with Hobbes.

Actions speak louder than words… and they cry out immorality.

Is as does…

That’s what you get, Calving, when you room with an untamed tiger!

Resent all you want, Calvin. Hobbes hit the tender spot.

If this isn’t relevant for today, I don’t know what is.

Truth hurts.

Wow, deep philosophical questions the supposedly 6-year-old boy is having during playtime! I didn’t even know what the definition of morality was until the age of 14.

Hobbes got it right.

Ouch! Calvin was not expecting that one!

Hobbes is dropping truth and it hits Calvin right in the head!

Well, Calvin, you asked!

A young Peter Abelard?

“For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks” —Jesus of Nazareth

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James NIV

Not true in most of the cases ! If only people were just as transparent as that !!!

We always encouraged our 4 kids to pay more attention to what people do rather than what they say. Yes, words matter but deeds matter more.

Is our morality defined by our actions, or are our actions defined by our morality?

See, that’s why Hobbes is my favourite tiger.

If this is not a proverb, it should be.

Apparently, Calvin wants to grow up to be a politician.

Hobbes turns out to have really pulled a thread here.

Sooner or later, by word or deed, what is inside of us comes out.

SCOTUS – I’m looking at your actions!

Hobbes pretty much nailed it:

Character is habitual action. [Aristotle]

We are the heirs of our actions. [Buddha]

I develop by learning but I progress by actions. [Dalai Lama]

Hobbes is right.

Resent or resemble?

A moral belief that too many people do not believe in or follow. We paraphrase it by saying actions speak louder than words…..

Mom had better change his diet… He hates everything now and everyone! Bad Boy!!!!

Very relevant today.

Morality is an artificial construct. Ignore it.

Such a self-aware moment.

Hobbes is so smart——

Sometimes Hobbes is very wise.

Calvin seems to have evil and anger in his heart at the moment.

But he’s not the only one. You only have to look at the world today to see what I mean.

xxx

“I represent that!”

Are we talking about moral principles or moral behavior here? Is behavior a product of the moral principles we articulate?

Consequentialism, deontology, virtue theory. Excellent.

My stuffed animals never say anything philosophical.

The truth hirts

Bet you that this is going to be tomorrow’s comic, if anyone is even here rn https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/10/19

Never a truer explanation of Donald Dumpster…

I love that creek where Hobbes takes a gentle jump.

Hobbes is correct on this one.