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- Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:25 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
Re: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
Ha, but seriously, different contexts make different virtues more applicable, especially if we have different social roles. Though I can imagine there being universal oughts and the culture being the lens upon which we act. However, you get my point. Granted, I'm more of a virtue ethics guy in gene...
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:11 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
Re: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
Ha, but seriously, different contexts make different virtues more applicable, especially if we have different social roles. Though I can imagine there being universal oughts and the culture being the lens upon which we act. However, you get my point. Granted, I'm more of a virtue ethics guy in gene...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:30 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
Re: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
Here is an idea. I know we are getting away from Rawls here, but the way a culture is structured decide what traits are virtuous or not. For instance, in the past, courage was something greatly prized. Now, it seems more like wisdom or critical thinking is more valued. Yes, and "magnificence," was ...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:27 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
Re: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
I think the question becomes how those relationships may alter those morals oughts. Can a culture create an ought? Or is it the mere fact that there is a relationship/connection that creates the ought, and it is the type of relationship that determines it? I'm not sure if those relationships can al...
- Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:05 pm
- Forum: Relax
- Topic: Parody/analysis of Derek Jarman's "Blue"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10433
Re: Parody/analysis of Derek Jarman's "Blue"
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videol ... erry-redux
Another video by the same guy. I find a lot of these videos very interesting.
Another video by the same guy. I find a lot of these videos very interesting.
- Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:25 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
Re: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
I'm a communitarian too. And I agree with you that morality forms in attachments of people for one another. I'm not arguing for a "blank slate" approach. But morality can't be nothing over and above mutual interdependence, because then all sorts of species would be moral. I think rationality is als...
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:51 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
Re: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
So I guess I'm not sure what you mean by "atomized." Just because there are things about us that are abstractable wouldn't mean that we're atomized. If you and I and every other moral actor ought not to steal (prima facie), how does that atomize us? Or if a classroom of students all work the same a...
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:21 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
Re: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
I think of Rawls's principle of 'justice as fairness' as a moral principle. It's a way to reconcile freedom and equality in a liberal democracy. The veil screens out morally arbitrary factors that are irrelevant to justice. In the Original Position, each person is represented only as a free and equ...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:14 pm
- Forum: Relax
- Topic: Memories of Halloween
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13262
Re: Memories of Halloween
I can't really say I have any particular Halloween memories. My family doesn't really celebrate it. I remember once when I was in a Bug's Bunny outfit. I couldn't see where I was going and it was super-hot on the inside. Not the most comfortable of days.
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36794
John Rawl: Veil of Ignorance
Does it even make sense? John Rawls created the idea that under the veil of ignorance, society would create the fairest society. Under this, no one would know what their standing in society would be. Not their age, gender, religion, wealth etc and would form their social contract by acting in their ...