tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post2299798728293341094..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Studying ethicsbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-10899797302494151412008-09-30T05:13:00.000+01:002008-09-30T05:13:00.000+01:00"are you from Australasia?"Ha ha! So postgraduate....<I>"are you from Australasia?"</I><BR/>Ha ha! So postgraduate...<BR/><BR/>Once I was asked in the UK whether I was from NZ ... I was surprised at how offended I was!!!Martin Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908454108625787731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-9146154755956440042008-09-30T03:09:00.000+01:002008-09-30T03:09:00.000+01:00Oops. The book is actually called Experiments in ...Oops. The book is actually called <I>Experiments in Ethics</I>.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-51761551934240088752008-09-30T00:09:00.000+01:002008-09-30T00:09:00.000+01:00and tigers and bears.(Though would you ever find t...and tigers and bears.<BR/><BR/>(Though would you ever find these three in the same place?)<BR/><BR/><I>when and whether you have arrived</I><BR/><BR/>Isn't it though? Certain U2 songs spring to mind.<BR/><BR/>The book is 'Experimental ethics' by Kwame Anthony Appiah - an attempt to marry experimental psychology with virtue ethics, and to argue for a broader disciplinary philosophy to boot. Very Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-14183944879712501802008-09-29T10:04:00.000+01:002008-09-29T10:04:00.000+01:00Mike - yes, of course. But the post was already ge...Mike - yes, of course. But the post was already getting too long. That said, it is at least as tricky getting somewhere in a jungle as deciding where to go. It can also be pretty tricky trying to work out when and whether you have arrived. The whole business is tricky. Especially when there are lions.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-73199897087619861932008-09-29T10:03:00.000+01:002008-09-29T10:03:00.000+01:00Darin - I've posted on Hauerwas a number of times ...Darin - I've posted on Hauerwas <A HREF="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/search/label/Hauerwas" REL="nofollow">a number of times previously</A>. I find his work very stimulating, though would probably place myself closer to his long-term conversation partner Oliver O'Donovan (who is also my supervisor). I guess this post was simply noting that I find the language of virtue ethics tobyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-65906307261705451532008-09-28T13:44:00.000+01:002008-09-28T13:44:00.000+01:00Of course the tricky bit is then 'how to decide wh...Of course the tricky bit is then 'how to decide what it is worth becoming'Mike Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382354162198484322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-73062066046483345942008-09-27T11:58:00.000+01:002008-09-27T11:58:00.000+01:00Nice.I wonder, were the responses to 'ethics' as a...Nice.<BR/><BR/>I wonder, were the responses to 'ethics' as a discipline affected by the discipline of the responder?<BR/><BR/>At Macquarie at least, people seem to treat ethics as reasonably serious, and more than a base line - something integral to the way the university exists, the way business is done etc... but sometimes it seems as if it is aesthetic ethics - the <I>appearance</I> of ethics,Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-18773678854840443592008-09-26T23:30:00.000+01:002008-09-26T23:30:00.000+01:00Fascinating post on ethics. I am an ordained Bapt...Fascinating post on ethics. I am an ordained Baptist minister in the states and find myself drawn also to ethics. I have recently been reading a lot of Hauerwas, which sounds similar to some of what you posted, virtue based ethics, the weakness of only considering personal rights when thinking ethically, the problems of liberal society. I look forward to reading more. <BR/>thanksdarinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967318206246981795noreply@blogger.com