"rorty vigorously attacks the idea of an intellectual vanguard. he writes that pragmatism is humanism applied to epistemology--truth is not sub specie aeternitatis but is what is useful to human beings."
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:22:37 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MD] Is the MOQ a Humanism? > > Hi all, > > Is the MOQ a humanism? That's an interesting question which enticed me > to make the mistake of skimming a long thread on the subject which > will forever be an embarrassment to the moq.org archives. I wonder if > it would be possible for such a thread to find its point? > > I would say that it is an anti-humanism in that it refuses the notion > of human nature as something upon which a philosophy of ethics can be > built, and it is a version of Secular Humanism in that it seeks human > well-being independently from the notion of God's will or the > possibility of attaining an other-worldly afterlife. > > Best, > Steve > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
