tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post115301873828733862..comments2023-10-31T05:11:16.339-05:00Comments on The Nature of the Beast: Does ethics have anything to do with common sense?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-1153915482569991022006-07-26T07:04:00.000-05:002006-07-26T07:04:00.000-05:00B. Michael:I am not sure I understand your first q...B. Michael:<BR/>I am not sure I understand your first question.<BR/><BR/>for the most part, life <B>is</B> all gray areas: side effects and unintended consequences are not always noticed or only show up well after the action is taken. What I have been trying to say is that we mostly work under the illusion that things are black and white....even before we act. Action takes the perception out ofGreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-1153841891566386472006-07-25T10:38:00.000-05:002006-07-25T10:38:00.000-05:00Don't you think a rule could be formulated a poste...Don't you think a rule could be formulated a posteriori concerning the thing you want to call psychological categories? <BR/><BR/>Further, don't you think that even if everything in life lay in a moral gray area, as soon as one acted, the area in which he stood would have to be black or white--never gray?B. Michael Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102174408768996907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-1153383214264684912006-07-20T03:13:00.000-05:002006-07-20T03:13:00.000-05:00Very nice write-up. I found the article you menti...Very nice write-up. I found the article you mentioned through my library, online.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364161667997825733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-1153352678775524402006-07-19T18:44:00.000-05:002006-07-19T18:44:00.000-05:00I think it was in a not too long past post of Dr. ...I think it was in a not too long past post of Dr. Freerides's that I saw a lament to the effect of "why can't ethicists behave better?" <BR/><BR/>Psychologists have studied and neuroscientists will study what goes into the make up of the person more inclined to empathy...but they will not find the ingredient of will and the effect of observation that has worked on you.<BR/>And experience alone GreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-1153234187859937052006-07-18T09:49:00.000-05:002006-07-18T09:49:00.000-05:00Yes, Colin, you found the the point lurking in my ...Yes, Colin, you found the the point lurking in my foggy writing: we can change in spite of strong natural tendencies towards inertia. I will try to edit the post to make this point more clear.<BR/><BR/> <I>Many people discuss moral issues and debate their relevance to politics, but few people seem to really feel the <B>weight</B> of moral deliberation. Few people seem to appreciate that moralGreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.com