Even making allowances for politicians’ blabbermouthing … … this is inane and the opposite of morality. * I earn $100 for myself. But earning $100 for my employer is more important? And infinitely so? * I do a good job mowing my lawn. But mowing my neighbor’s lawn is more important? * I successfully find
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A bold statement from Nobel-Prize-winning novelist Hermann Hesse: “The German intellectual has constantly rebelled against the word and against reason and courted music.” (From Steppenwolf, p. 152, Modern Library ed.) I like the spirit of it, as it fits with my assessment of mainline German philosophy in Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to
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This is still true: “The university teacher should, if he is fit for his position, be a person of a fair and judicial mind; he should, in dealing with such subjects, set forth justly, without suppression or innuendo, the divergent opinions of other investigators and he should, above all, remember that his business is not
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The livestream is free to my followers at thinkspot. Here are the questions posted so far: 1. How would you say a proper judicial system should handle the testimony of a firm believer in a postmodern-based ideology that is required to swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Solver
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I’ve seen four hypotheses advanced: 1. Natural cycles of drought: Throughout its history, Australia has had seasons of unusually high temperatures and numbers of fires. 2. Arson: So far, over 180 arrested for arson, including this guy. 3. Anti-human-management policies: Deadwood not removed, fire breaks allowed to grow over, and firefighters’ access to them blocked.
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“By the mid-fifteenth century crimes subject to the death penalty … included the following: rebellion, fraud, bigamy, incest, arson, theft, adultery, carrying off a woman against her will, blasphemy, moving signs of property boundaries, attacking someone, high treason, child murder, using dishonest weights and measures, murder, counterfeiting, rape, attempted suicide,* striking someone to death, converting
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