And, lest we forget, I'm also a sexist male in virtue of referring to Taylor as "Chuck," to Kant as "Manny," to O'Neill as "Onora" and to Arendt as "Hannah." I wonder if my students also make the same attribution. Though I doubt it since being on a first name basis with the greats and even the not-so-greats adds something to their relations with their texts by diminishing their initial foreigness. Can't really put it into words, perhaps some of the more eloquent amongst us can articulate this thought. No longer pouting, now downright indignant. Walter O Quoting Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxx>: > And Walter Okshevsky, graduated in Philosophy from U. of Toronto, > currently at Memorial U. on the Rock, fan of Les Habs, > semi-professional table tennis player, advocate of the transcendental > and dialogical, and connoisseur of fine whiskeys and Glen's liver. > > Phil > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:51 AM, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Has anyone mentioned John Wager? His observation that moral judgment > > implies ambiguity, since, if things are black and white, there is no > > decision to be made has become a permanent part of things learned here > that > > I truly believe in. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html