I appreciate yiur thoughtful response, Dr. Garrett, but I still beg to differ. I believe, as a matter of both correct thinking and effective pedagogy,that the...
Forgive me, I have to jump in here, though I won't be as learned as Dr. Garrett and I'm not sure I'm sticking to a stoical agenda. It seems to me that the...
First off, let me commend Dr. Garrett for the tremendous effort involved in setting up and maintaining this webside. It's extraordinarily helpful for a...
I concur completely, both with the gratitude expressed for the existence of this Stoic site, and in the objections to the concept of human rights. ... ...
I want to acknowledge Mburch's and Blackhame's appreciation for the work that goes into maintaining this Forum (and say "You're welcome, indeed!", but I must...
I can see from Dr. Garrett's latest message that my differences with him are not limited to his attraction to human rights but to his belief in democracy. I ...
... differences with him are not limited to his attraction to human rights but to his belief in democracy. I consider it a very bad form of government--and not...
The "constitutional democracy" to which I referred to my discussion of Rawls' view yesterday is not the mass (adult male Athenian nonslave nonalien) democracy...
Messrs Seddon and Garrett are democrats; I am a royalist. Like Mr. Seddon, I prefer good governance to bad, but, unlik ehim, I believe democracy to be a very...
... forms of government further on this list as, in my opinion, it has nothing particularly to do with Stoicism.<<< The essence of ethics is conduct, and...
"... we wish to live like men from the very start and help mankind ... Do you wish to help them? Then show them, by your own example, the kind of men...
... I ... which ... be ... I have to say that I haven't taken either Drs. Garrett or Seddon to be saying that to be a contemporary, practicing stoic one must...
Thank you mburch for your post. Even the two quotes your have kindly dug out for us establish pretty reliably that, as Stoics (if not as anything else), we...
It's a real treat to be involved with such an erudite group. I can also see that I'm going to have to be much more circumspect with my postings in the future....
... I wasn't necessarily saying you were the relativist. And actually I think I was misapplying the term anyway. ... That book is already on my reading list....
Gina is right, in my case at least, that I have never intended to be understood as saying that a Stoic had to endorse Rawls' views. My point was that I think...
I think Gina's explanation of Stoic psychology is quite good. I would chiefly have terminological quibbles/cautions. What she calls the first emotion, I would...
I simply want to thank Gina and Dr. Garrett for their long and absorbing answers to some points I raised and to my request for help on matters of stoic...
Well, I have not and cannot address Rawls because I haven't actually read him. Shocking, I know. Another to add to that reading list. So I've come out of...
I saw a great quote from American television star Robert Urich that I wanted to share. Urich was in Wisconsin speaking to an audience about his difficult...
That mysterious Brutus again! anno domini christiani 411 Stoici Amici, As you know the Christiani often differ among themselves regarding particular teachings,...
... I find this somewhat puzzling. The Original Position is almost like the sort of science-fiction story you might expect in Star Trek, where Kirk and Spock,...
Hello everyone. I am very pleased to make your aquaintance! My name is Mac Hyndman and I coordinate a Government program called Millennium Volunteers, which...
Hmm. I'm wondering if where it becomes relevant in a practical sense is addressing issues such as the human ethics of participating inside virtual reality...
The work of Rawls is fascinating, but stems from the mistaken belief that by removing our memory/ present circumstances we can achieve enlightenment. Surely...
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Caleb Williamson
caleb@...
Nov 15, 2001 1:34 am
Mr. Hyndman makes the point, which I believe to be accurate, that the Veil of Ignorance concept is not going to be useful in helping us to find enlightnement....
Rawls is well aware that we cannot *really* remove our memory. However, we can ask what rules we would be willing to live under if we were (by hypothesis)...
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Timothy Anstiss
Anstiss.Shl@...
Nov 15, 2001 5:42 am
Rawls does not believe that removing our memory helps us achieve enlightenment. He merely suggests a thought experiment to help us think about how we might...
Of course I did not mean that Rawls advocated a 'real' removal of memory! I think I was suggesting a better 'thought experiment', as Jan cleverly puts it!...
