tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post5436262322336224920..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: On reviewing Sam HarrisRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-86259924336055488772011-01-14T13:10:24.077+11:002011-01-14T13:10:24.077+11:00You're one of very few people I've seen wr...You're one of very few people I've seen write anything interesting about morality, and I very much look forward to reading your review.strangebeastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17923942326244143108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-52774382195018594712011-01-13T03:42:42.243+11:002011-01-13T03:42:42.243+11:00Given the multitude of different metaethical posit...Given the multitude of different metaethical positions, criticism from many sides is almost inevitable!Richard Weinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095903892283146064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-73527076626801110662011-01-12T08:33:09.493+11:002011-01-12T08:33:09.493+11:00I don't really have any problems with his rebu...I don't really have any problems with his rebuttal of the crude kind of relativism that many people seem to pick up in school, and which seems to be popular in, for example, anthropology departments. He does a good hatchet job on it in <i>The End of Faith</i>, too. And really, this is the sort of relativism that can lead people to an excessive tolerance of harmful practices.<br /><br />What he doesn't acknowledge is that people like Gilbert Harman have much more sophisticated views that can't be rebutted so simply.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-87659032612356329162011-01-12T02:40:50.915+11:002011-01-12T02:40:50.915+11:00What Axxyaan said.What Axxyaan said.NewEnglandBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190715223856189053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-45897873464470440092011-01-12T00:55:52.247+11:002011-01-12T00:55:52.247+11:00I look forward to reading the review.
One thing ...I look forward to reading the review. <br /><br />One thing to float before I've read the review is your contention that "one more rebuttal of (relativism), especially by a popular author, can't be a bad thing." <br /><br />I think it can be if the rebuttal is bad. Especially if it is very bad in very obvious ways. A bad rebuttal will re-enforce arguments that relativists can make against non-specialists (like me). "Non-reltivism relies on obviously wrong argument X, so you must accept relativism" etc.Tony Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740295390214409286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-26666187497473845982011-01-11T22:32:06.829+11:002011-01-11T22:32:06.829+11:00I would think that, your views being heretical, is...I would think that, your views being heretical, is part of what makes them worthwhile. Even in the end it should turn out you are wrong, the fact that you made points others had to think through makes your contribution of value. So I will gladly read your heretical views.Axxyaannoreply@blogger.com