![]() …or it could be because Don is an alcoholic. This is why Don offers his brother Adam five thousand dollars in exchange for Adam‘s silence and a promise to never return to New York City.ĭON DRAPER IS ABOUT TO RUIN HIS BROTHER’S LIFE IN 5…4…3…2…1…ĭon Draper isn’t morally invested in the effect of his adulterous affairs on his wife Betty or for Betty’s feelings (in general) when he talks to her therapist without her knowledge or consent. Don can’t be concerned with the affairs of others (particularly those who potentially can reveal Don’s true identity) because to do so would interfere with his mission to live life as far away from the life of Dick Whitman as possible.ĭon Draper, formerly known as Dick Whitman, acts according to his own self-interests.ĭon Draper’s motivation is pure selfishness. Dick Whitman didn’t consider what effect his actions in Korea would have on his brother Adam, or about the family of Don Draper or about Draper himself, with whom Dick swaps ID tags when Draper is mortally wounded.ĭon Draper’s interest in maintaining his new identity (and his secret) means Don has to not care. You see, long before Dick Whitman had become Don Draper or had met Bert Cooper or heard of Ayn Rand, Dick Whitman/Don Draper was already a well-seasoned adherent of Rand’s virtue of selfishness. What Pete Campbell fails to realize is that he would have saved himself from embarrassment if he had just made himself aware of Rand’s philosophy, based on the virtue of selfishness. What Pete Campbell doesn’t realize is that Bert Cooper’s failure to gin up a sense of moral disgust at Don Draper’s behavior has everything to do with his fondness for the philosophy of Ayn Rand. When Peter tells Bert Cooper that Don Draper is not who he says that he is but is actually Dick Whitman, Cooper responds to Campbell’s revelation with “who cares?”) Campbell decides that the best way to Draper’s job is through blackmail and so Campbell threatens to reveal Draper’s secret if Draper does not appoint him to head of accounts. Adam sends a package of old photographs to Dick/Don that is intercepted by Peter (“Humps”) Campbell, a particularly devious and overly ambitious fellow who works with Don and who very much wants Don’s job. ( Ok, this may need explaining: Dick Whitman’s long-lost (or is it abandoned?) kid brother, Adam, discovers that Dick has been living in New York as Don Draper. ![]() I’m kidding about that finding Schopenhauer in Modern Family thing. You can find Schopenhauer in an episode of Modern Family. You can watch Hobbes’ state of nature play out in an episode of Survivor. The ideas – the philosophy – it’s in there. You don’t have to spend your evenings watching PBS or some British something-rather starring Dame Maggie Smith. You don’t have to watch the high-brow stuff, either. I’ve written this before and I’ll say it ‘til the day I die – television is one of the best places to learn philosophy. This is what they don‘t know: TV can teach you things. They don’t watch TV so they have no idea. There’s something that these philosophers don’t know, though. I always feel like at the end of every philosophical conversation that there’s going to be a test. ![]() ![]() I make sure to never miss an episode of Master Chef, Project Runway, The Walking Dead, Bar Rescue and Chopped.Īnd yes, I know Taxicab Confessions airs on HBO not Cinemax. I take the judges’ critiques of my favorite drag queen personally when I watch RuPaul’s Drag Race. I get bummed out when my favorite tattoo artist is eliminated on Ink Master. Let me say this clearly so that I‘m not misunderstood: I not only WATCH television, I ENJOY watching television. Stuff like TV is a distraction or there’s better things to do with one’s brain.Īpparently philosophers aren’t too keen on the TV. You see, when you hang around with philosophy types, the phrase you’ll most often hear is something like, “I don’t even own a TV” or “I only watch PBS”. I used to feel embarrassed to tell people that I watch television. I’m living like there’s no tomorrow because there isn’t one. You’re born alone, and you’ll die alone, and the world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts, but I never forget.
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