Hello Steve. I agree that meeting a collective goal must also adhere to individual goals.
I think it's safe to say that those who participate in WE share a common goal: to contribute to OERs. Those who participate in the WE community are here because they want to contribute to this cause, recognizing that each participate clearly pursues individual goals as well. One might say based on a sense of responsibility or an obligation (in the positive sense - for example, I have an obligation (a moral responsibility) to be a role model for my children) that WE participants contribute towards this common goal - ok, so maybe some don't feel it's a privilege. But I think we're talking about a matter of degree here. I would argue that when one thinks it's a privilege to do an act they're not considering it an obligation to do that act (even though it still might be an obligation). I'm defining the word "obligation" here as "a course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which one is bound or restricted" (http://education.yahoo.com/ reference/dictionary/entry/obligation), differently as it's being used in the prior paragraph. This quote to me simply says that he enjoys contributing to society, and I think we all at various degrees agree with this notion. Benjamin http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Bnleez On Apr 29, 9:56 am, Steve Foerster <[email protected]> wrote: > Benjamin wrote: > > "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as > > long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can." – > > George Bernard Shaw (http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_community.html) > > This quote by George Bernard Shaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > George_Bernard_Shaw), I think, sums up how most of us feel about our > > commitment to OERs and what it can do for the betterment of the > > community. > > It doesn't sum up how I feel at all, actually. My life belongs to me > and no one else. It so happens that I enjoy helping others and > working with people toward a common goal, but that stems from my > choice as an individual, not from some collectivist sense of > obligation. > > -=Steve=- > > -- > Stephen H. Foersterhttp://wikieducator.org/steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
