tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post2413314855602398737..comments2024-03-18T21:13:12.753-04:00Comments on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: Martin Luther King Day Question...Jacob Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-13564174674663998482010-01-18T18:11:59.952-05:002010-01-18T18:11:59.952-05:00Here's a continuation of those ideas (left on ...Here's a continuation of those ideas (left on Steven Augustine's Bunker)... this should really get you confused. Beer isn't going to be nearly enough. Recommend a good shiraz.<br /><br />Certainly nothing ‘wrong’ with pragmatic action–with anticipating consequences and taking them into consideration. But there’s much that’s wrong and missing in pragmatism as an explanation of Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-65955803473268791332010-01-18T17:41:48.333-05:002010-01-18T17:41:48.333-05:00I have reread what you said twice and I still have...I have reread what you said twice and I still have no idea what you are getting at. Seriously: none at all. And I am only half way through beer number two, so I am only half drunk. (Three full pints should do the trick.)Andrew Breslinhttp://andyrantsandraves.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-91181677066587855112010-01-18T11:38:24.258-05:002010-01-18T11:38:24.258-05:00I think Bentham did that 'radical pragmatism&#...I think Bentham did that 'radical pragmatism' thing for you, so no need to bother. Looks good at a quick pass but doesn't hold up to close analysis. Postponing an answer isn't an answer (which is precisely what pragmatic ethics does).<br /><br />Yes, ethical concepts are human inventions. That doesn't make them unreal, or less real than anything else. They are entirely real. Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-54091684608285171512010-01-18T10:14:22.498-05:002010-01-18T10:14:22.498-05:00At some point I plan to publish a comprehensive ph...At some point I plan to publish a comprehensive philosophy that answers all moral questions with absolute certainty and will forever end such sticky ethical quandries. But I'm too busy right now.<br /><br />But I think I might call my new philosophy "radical pragmatism" and in a nutshell it is this: that practicality is all that needs to be considered in making choices. The Andrew Breslinhttp://andyrantsandraves.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com