RR16/philosophy

From the page: "Torture and abortion are emotive issues without parallel. Both are philosophical matters, but philosophy, for all its cleverness, seldom seems to be capable of coming forth with anything concrete. In a perfect world peopled by the considerate and fair-minded and decent, torture would hold no place. It would be indefensible. It is an outrage to all we hold dear. It is unthinkable. But we do not live in such a world. �oeBut we must always strive to attain the ideal,” proclaims the armchair philosopher, safe in his cosy little world untouched by harsh realities. �oeHow easy it was to tell wrong from right,” said Dylan, looking back on his innocent youth. Yes, but as the wise Scots are wont to say,”Let us make haste slowly.”"

interesting.....

From the page: "The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards."

Interesting site.

From the page: ""Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society�s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion�"when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing�"when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors�"when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don�t protect you against them, but protect them against you�"when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice�"you may know that your society is doomed." "

How true! We can see it now.

Very wise words.

A very interesting site with well-thought out arguments.
Not enough room to really do it justice.

From the page: "History and Anthropology.
Quotes from Native Americans."


Great site.Much still very relevant.