I lectured today about ethical and metaethical principles. One point was about existentialist ethics. It’s the view that moral truths are based upon the kind of life or the kind of person I choose for myself. Actions that comport with this authentic self are, for that person, moral actions.
I mentioned being “Gator” identified. (This may [...]
I just received info about a rally on Thursday. I’ll be there. Will you? (I’ll be there from 12-12:30pm; we’ll still have class at 12:35pm)
*WHAT*: Speak Out (in solidarity with a one-day strike of students, staff and faculty at the University of California.)
*WHEN*: Thursday, September 24th at NOON
*WHERE*: Malcolm X Plaza
*INFO*: www.ucfacultywalkout.com
*WHY:* To protest the [...]
One of the most extraordinary debates ever recorded. I’ve always had a soft spot for Baldwin. I don’t know who he’s channeling, but he is magnificent here.
The full debate between Baldwin and Buckley is available here.
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We talked today about Thoreau’s comments about political majorities. This made me think of Nelson Mandela and apartheid South Africa. Imprisoned 27 years yet Mandela says:
“They took the best years of my life but they could not take my mind and heart — I would not let them.”
A new comic book, er, graphic novel, is [...]
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