Ok, so, FWIW, a Peircean take on ethics is that it is like any other form of inquiry. To the extent that the participants are seeking a convergence, it is interesting and useful; to the extent that they are seeking divergence, for its own sake, it is boring and sophistic. It is in that sense that he regards logic as a subfield of ethics. Logic is how we "should" think. The whole goal of thought, whether ethical or scientific, is to anticipate experience as it will be, not as we'ld like it to be.
N Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of jon zingale Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] yay! Putting aside for a moment the outpouring of news content, which at the moment, is pressing the discussion of whether or not angry mobs are possible without social media (seemingly ignoring much of history), I might agree that data for *the relevance of ethics* are starting to flood in like Pennsylvania ballots. In fact, much of vFriam this week, seemed to be dedicated to beating around that bush. It had me in a bit of an *aporia* though, as I was unsure as to how to proceed. What exactly is wanted from ethics? My tendency is to put on my philosopher's hat or my scientist's hat, but more and more I feel doubtful that these tools are the correct ones. Forlorn, I find myself in a foundationless state of post-modernism, believing that there can be no analysis besides one situated in power dynamics and boundary disputes. Please advise. -- Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
