[lit-ideas] Re: Do You Have a Moral Urgency?
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:56:05 -0230
Most of the things between heaven and earth are not empirical. Some of the
things that are empirical are important but not imperative. None of those
things that are empirical have any necessary relevance to either philosophy or
morality as a sub-discipline of philosophy (i.e., as a specific version of the
philosophical disposition.)
WCO
Memorial U
Quoting Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> In other words, philosophy doesn't concern itself with empirical things,
> otherwise known as reality. From a moral perspective, we don't need to
> worry about reality. Sounds good. Maybe that's why we're doing as well as
> we're doing in Iraq, because we don't worry about little things like
> reality and consequences. But then we don't worry about morality either
> except to point our big fingers at the other guy who's 100% wrong while
> we're 100% right.
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Walter Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 8/17/2006 7:45:44 AM
> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Do You Have a Moral Urgency?
> >
> > That's an empirical question. From a moral perspective, we don't have to.
> >
> > W.C.O
> > Memorial U.
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Andy Amago wrote:
> >
> > > > [Original Message]
> > > > From: <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
> > > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Date: 8/16/2006 1:24:51 PM
> > > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Do You Have a Moral Urgency?
> > > >
> > > >We typically have no
> > > > control over consequences.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > We don't reap what we sow?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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