Think

[Steven Carr]

This is the name of an Oxford University Press book by Simon Blackburn, a noted humanist.

I think it is a very good book - clear and well-written, and covers many topics of interest to people on this board

[John Page]

Originally posted by Steven Carr
I think it is a very good book - clear and well-written, and covers many topics of interest to people on this board

Anyone else got views - I was rather unimpressed by the bias in this essay (http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=12) on relativism (which is doubly ironic). If relativism, then, is just a distraction, is it a valuable one or a dangerous one? [/b] and [quote]But sometimes we need reminding that there is time to draw a line and take a stand, and that alternative ways of looking at things can be corrupt, ignorant, superstitious, wishful, out of touch, or plain evil. It is a moral issue, whether we tolerate and learn or regret and oppose. Rosie the relativist may do well to highlight that decision.
IMO embracing relativism is acceptance that your truth, right & wrong is relative to you. This goes even to embracing the positions of non-relativists whose moral or other absolutism fails to explain the existence of the relativist.

Anyhow, if others think "Think" is worthwhile I should discard my predisposed but relative opinions. ;)

Cheers, John

[DigitalChicken]

Originally posted by Steven Carr
This is the name of an Oxford University Press book by Simon Blackburn, a noted humanist.


Simon Blackburn also endorses a group I help run:
the Dallas Philosopher's Forum (http://www.philosophersforum.org).

DC