tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6730716162778191041..comments2024-03-28T12:58:35.757-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Quote of the Day - Living ethically editionBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-75722091094476430422010-02-27T12:29:10.637-05:002010-02-27T12:29:10.637-05:00Bluesun, I remember the "Small Is Beautiful&q...Bluesun, I remember the "Small Is Beautiful" days from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Don't remember this part, but the point is well taken.<br /><br />Philosophy has wandered into a thicket, and I think that you're right that partly it's because Ethics has become unmoored. I'd go so far as to say that didn't happen by accident - traditional ethics supported what were seen as alternative power structures, which were seen as slowing down the transformative agenda.<br /><br />I'd also go so far as to say that the Modern University no longer exposes students to the great thinkers of the past, and so many (most?) students graduate without knowing how to think.<br /><br />The's all been indoctrinated, so they know <i>what</i> to think, but don't know <i>how</i> to think, and especially, to reason.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-68505435956793542852010-02-27T09:49:02.557-05:002010-02-27T09:49:02.557-05:00I just read "Small is Beautiful," and, t...I just read "Small is Beautiful," and, though some of the stuff in it I disagree with, E.F. Schumacher makes a point that all of these new relativistic philosophies were imagined in the 19th century by men who had a good moral base. Now, however, their ideas have become the base for the current generations' morality, and it isn't working out so well. This book was published in 1973, so now we are even further down the road. <br /><br />It is always kind of funny in ethics classes, because without a good foundation (for example, the teachings of Jesus Christ) that says that there is something higher for us to reach for, ethics really is pointless. It turns into a self serving thing where, as long as you can justify it in your own mind, anything goes.bluesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995973825892791271noreply@blogger.com