Hey Ron, Ron said: Epictetus contributes much to this discussion. I think ethical development is the assertion of control in our lives. When we assert control we assert ourselves as reasoning human beings, when we look close we must take care that we must concern ourselves with that which can control, that ethical acts emerge from making such distinctions.
Matt: You might like Martha Nussbaum's book, The Fragility of Goodness. Taking off from a standpoint about ethics inaugurated by Williams in "Moral Luck," Nussbaum gives a reading of Greek ethical thought that links Greek tragedy to Plato and Aristotle. It's an interesting conceptualization of an alternative to Kantian ethics, with close readings of Platonic dialogues (including the Phaedrus and a discussion of madness) and important Aristotelian concepts one will need after you flush Christianized Kantianism. Matt 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
