Hi Everyone: For those interested in the current state of academic philosophical thinking on the subject of morals I recommend an article by MIT philosopher Alex Byrne published in the April issue of Boston Review entitled "Knowing Right from Wrong. Is morality a natural phenomena?"
http://bostonreview.net/BR32.2/byrne.html As I read the article I couldn't help but think, "Here is a classic case of someone who suffers from The Curse of Knowledge -- the difficulty of remembering what it was like not to know something." In writing for a general audience the author seems more out to impress with his familiarity with various philosophical positions than answering the question he posed in the first place." Then I thought to myself, "Obviously this guy hasn't read 'Lila.' For if he had, the convolutions he gets himself into in discussing whether there is such a thing as 'natural morality' would have been easily untangled." Since academics tend to discount anybody except other academics perhaps this guy should be sent a copy of Anthony McWatt's thesis, although I have a nagging suspicion that even then nothing would change. Academics are not especially known for their openness of mind. Except for our friend Dusenberry. :-) Best, Platt 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
