[lit-ideas] Stereoscope for Sale
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:47:46 EDT
In a message dated 6/10/2009 4:21:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx writes:
For me, morality seems grounded in empathy, and empathy
seems to be grounded in one's imagination, one's ability to
imagine oneself as another.
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Talking of wagers, gifts, and _sales_ (best buy), I have a stereoscope to
sell. It was given to me as a gift by Anthony Appiah ("You'll find it useful
when introjecting into other people's shoes").
But I try and try and try. R. Paul once commented on the troubles and
travails of 'what it is like to be a (lesbian) black American old woman dying
of
cancer in Finland.
Oddly, what is _empathy_ for Americans it's "sympathy" for the Greeks. But
the Americans (under which I include Scots -- :)) _sympathise_ at funerals,
only. (Just joking).
JLS
(that's J. L. Speranza, Buenos Aires, Argentina -- I like to abide by
protocol).
Ref.
Appiah, "Morality as stereoscopy".
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