tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post4236163323495461139..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Ecklund on SingerRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-29101309391490954302012-01-29T12:17:10.316+11:002012-01-29T12:17:10.316+11:00Great post. Para 3 is a very good point.Great post. Para 3 is a very good point.Ophelia Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000353980872079468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-11716211173241016452012-01-28T11:01:02.824+11:002012-01-28T11:01:02.824+11:00Singer is great to read and listen to. I sometimes...Singer is great to read and listen to. I sometimes show to my ethics class Singer being interviewed by Dawkins (really more of a conversation) in The Genius of Darwin: The Uncut Interviews. It's packed with lots of talking points for class discussion. Here's a link if you haven't seen it:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYNY2oKVWUCharles Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206043266782731176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-44332975875352371302012-01-27T19:31:01.050+11:002012-01-27T19:31:01.050+11:00I know, Jerry - it's a dirty job, but someone&...I know, Jerry - it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-88979251673753666212012-01-27T19:19:35.591+11:002012-01-27T19:19:35.591+11:00'level-headed human being"
It's &quo...'level-headed human being"<br /><br />It's "the man on the Clapham omnibus" again, cultural relativism based on the unthinking maintenance of local traditions, rather than rational argument that is open to empirical enquiry and new intellectual perspectives.Bubblecarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-89571879454954566942012-01-27T13:42:29.062+11:002012-01-27T13:42:29.062+11:00Oh Lord, Russell, why are you reading this Templet...Oh Lord, Russell, why are you reading this Templeton-funded nonsense? I weep for you!Jerry Coynehttp://www.whyevolutionistrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-19657957535225639452012-01-27T11:54:48.524+11:002012-01-27T11:54:48.524+11:00That should have been a "without". But y...That should have been a "without". But you got that. Sorry. Probably also could have passed on the qualification "Moral", as well. <br /><br />Thx Russell.<br /><br />But those Literature and Arts might at least tell us what they like and why, hey.<br /><br />Whereas, Singer, he most always makes sense to me.<br /><br />Ta.Kari McKernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-84749070242686273172012-01-27T10:49:10.280+11:002012-01-27T10:49:10.280+11:00Sure, the humanities do go down some bizarre, baro...Sure, the humanities do go down some bizarre, baroque paths at times - but even then the cure is further debate and critique.<br /><br />The big thing about Singer is that he's the opposite of a pseudo-scholar. Whether or not we end up agreeing with all his views, he argues for them clearly and honestly. As I've said here before, I think he's a great model for students to try to follow at the level of how to put a well-structured argument in clear, strong, but adequately complex prose. If we could all write as well as Singer does, academia would be a better place.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-39153777410526670472012-01-27T10:25:36.171+11:002012-01-27T10:25:36.171+11:00Well a swipe the valueless twaddle of the Post-Mod...Well a swipe the valueless twaddle of the Post-Modern Academy is usually OK, but, as its hard to do Moral Philosophy with discussing values its only a lame "guilt by association" fail.Kari McKernnoreply@blogger.com