tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post7116749435860536585..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Moral Relativism WinsM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-28014162614990480952007-09-19T16:51:00.000+00:002007-09-19T16:51:00.000+00:00M. Simon,Nussbaum may be a liberal, but she is no ...M. Simon,<BR/><BR/>Nussbaum may be a liberal, but she is no relativist. She has always argued for an Aristotelean ethics against post-modernism, post-structuralism, multi-culturalism, and relativism. See <A HREF="http://bostonreview.net/BR21.5/nussbaum.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, for instance. I think it is a mistake to see only two parties in the "culture wars".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-43118452060091076762007-09-19T06:46:00.000+00:002007-09-19T06:46:00.000+00:00I guess it depends on the quality of your teacher....I guess it depends on the quality of your teacher. The standard Post-modernist philosophy taught these days has already been thoroughly debunked here, so I wont' bother with that. But I enjoyed my 2 year Social work Diploma. It was such a short taste of major movements in world political dialogue... I wish I'd had more. But I wish I had your technical expertise more... there's such a demand for engineers in Australia right now that I think we'd be able to close our design studio!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-47685097499540405792007-09-17T23:41:00.000+00:002007-09-17T23:41:00.000+00:00I have always loved art and literature. Had I not ...I have always loved art and literature. Had I not gone into the sciences I might have done something in the humanities.<BR/><BR/>I was fortunate to get my humanities education at U. Chicago. <BR/><BR/>"Learning to Look" and "Learning to Listen" were the texts. I had to spend hours at the Art Institute studying. Great stuff.<BR/><BR/>In general engineers know more about the arts than the arts folk know about engineering.<BR/><BR/>I do agree that most of the humanities these days are worthless.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-45634432436879469832007-09-17T22:21:00.000+00:002007-09-17T22:21:00.000+00:00simon: I have nothing against the Humanities. My d...simon: <BR/><BR/>I have nothing against the Humanities. My disdain comes from the drafting of the unwilling to support whatever folly they want to propagandize this decade.<BR/><BR/>Languages and the arts are fine for those interested. If you want to be an accounting major or engineer no one has the right to force you to endure art or music appreciation.<BR/><BR/>They do however have the power. You do it or else.<BR/><BR/>I endured art appreciation decades ago. The instructor had decided comic books were the only meaningful graphic art of the last century. Screw that.<BR/><BR/>I assure you these departments which run on interpretation and appreciation and sensitivity are where you must kowtow to petty tyrants.<BR/><BR/>The one justification for this situation is the dogma that the humanities can be injected like a vaccine to produce better people with more insight into what is meaningful in life. <BR/><BR/>The only thing more idiotic is what goes on in the schools of education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-77670428155737942582007-09-17T20:56:00.000+00:002007-09-17T20:56:00.000+00:00Anon,I'm very lucky. #2 son is a recent (June 007)...Anon,<BR/><BR/>I'm very lucky. #2 son is a recent (June 007) graduate of U. Chicago.<BR/><BR/>In the humanities no less (Russian literature - in the original Russian).M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-6771738696495711702007-09-17T20:25:00.000+00:002007-09-17T20:25:00.000+00:00The reason there is no respect for the Humanities ...The reason there is no respect for the Humanities (or whatever is being taught) is that people have listened to what the Humanities scholars have been proclaiming for forty years.<BR/><BR/>i.e. that Humanities offer nothing of value.<BR/><BR/>They say a canon has no meaning and that the work done prior to when you got tenure means nothing and that any idea is as good as any other. So exactly why should anyone be interested? <BR/><BR/>In fact the only thing keeping the farce going is that schools mandate them. You must get your ticket punched so you can have a degree. So you endure the bullying and baloney until you complete your major in something which actually seems of value.<BR/><BR/>Of course because the classes are mandated there is a need for faculty. Secure lifetime employment brings the faculty. <BR/><BR/>And the flim-flam goes on with the students doing their time in the BS jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com