tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post5893721400390613469..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: Metaethics Too Dull for WordsJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-30892265524640537862010-05-12T12:09:03.056-05:002010-05-12T12:09:03.056-05:00you might be interested in Singer's thoughts a...you might be interested in Singer's thoughts about the "triviality" of these discussions:<br /><br />http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/197301--.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-78063582947532451962010-05-09T10:22:17.219-05:002010-05-09T10:22:17.219-05:00Oh, and: Happy Mother's Day!Oh, and: Happy Mother's Day!Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221763658202924449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-46338262730737769172010-05-09T09:36:35.513-05:002010-05-09T09:36:35.513-05:00It may seem reasonable on a case by case basis, be...It may seem reasonable on a case by case basis, because it doesn't require (though sometimes even there) a radical re-weaving of our beliefs. <br /><br />The trick Huxley pulls off in BNW is to mix some things that we find repulsive, taking away mothers and fathers, wives and children, and placing human beings in a tightly controlled environment while simultaneously giving us what we Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221763658202924449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-84244151470619032612010-05-08T17:21:15.507-05:002010-05-08T17:21:15.507-05:00Just for the record, I don't read him as sayin...Just for the record, I don't read him as saying any of that. He's an incredibly successful writer (look at how many comments there are on the Huff Po editorial!) who wants to have a "public dialogue." So it just can't be full of arcane vocabulary. As to tying ethics to science--I don't see what's populist about that. What he's really after is tying ethics to Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-50482944502285552682010-05-08T17:08:36.411-05:002010-05-08T17:08:36.411-05:00Not only are there other routes to moral realism b...Not only are there other routes to moral realism besides through science, but there are other forms of moral anti-realism or moral skepticism besides the moral relativism (Harris's straw-man) of <br />"we can't condemn genital mutilation". There's a hidden populism in Harris's position:<br />1. technical metaethics is boring and a game for ivory tower intellectuals.<s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-70029201802913457202010-05-08T16:08:38.635-05:002010-05-08T16:08:38.635-05:00Faust, It's interesting how it sounds so dread...Faust, It's interesting how it sounds so dreadful to run a society based on what promotes well being when there's a comprehensive plan and a "conroller" involved, but it doesn't sound dreadful at all in a more limited form.If you're just evaluating customs and institutions one by one, you DO want well being to be a huge consideration. You want that, rather than custom, Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-5889838766241296082010-05-08T15:44:00.354-05:002010-05-08T15:44:00.354-05:00Having lost 10 straight games of chess, Mr. Harr...Having lost 10 straight games of chess, Mr. Harris proclaims that the game is boring: otherwise, known as sour grapes or being a poor loser. Here's an interesting discussion on moral anti-realism, which for me at least is a lot less tedious than most science.<br /><br />http://onthehuman.org/2010/03/moral-skepticism-and-moral-disagreement-developing-an-argument-from-nietzsche/<br /><brs. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-37969214480074295922010-05-08T12:40:52.981-05:002010-05-08T12:40:52.981-05:00Ahh a quick grab off the shelf shows I didn't ...Ahh a quick grab off the shelf shows I didn't get it quite right. The position is "Controller" and the speech delivered by one "Mustapha Mond:"<br /><br /><i>"The world's stable now, People are happy; they get what they want and they never want what they can't get. They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221763658202924449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-6693630056451353422010-05-08T12:02:25.044-05:002010-05-08T12:02:25.044-05:00Read it too long ago--kindly explain.Read it too long ago--kindly explain.Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-48533370043855222002010-05-08T11:55:30.780-05:002010-05-08T11:55:30.780-05:00I'd like to nominate Harris for the "Dire...I'd like to nominate Harris for the "Director" position in Huxley's Brave New World.Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221763658202924449noreply@blogger.com