Comments on: A Generation of Damned Relativists http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/ Politics, Philosophy, Religion... and their collisions with the real world. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:50:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dodgeblogium » Blog Archive » Caucus COTV http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-159781 Dodgeblogium » Blog Archive » Caucus COTV Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:40:57 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-159781 [...] Handmaiden presents A Generation of Damned Relativists posted at Hell’s [...] [...] Handmaiden presents A Generation of Damned Relativists posted at Hell’s [...]

]]> By: Alan http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153847 Alan Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:24:09 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153847 I read your comments on my blog and the post I put up was directed at Christians, I was not making any kind of statement about atheists in general, rather my limited experience with them, I was addressing a point of disagreement within our Christian bodies. I enjoyed your post and will be back to visit your blog. Welcome to mine as well and feel free to join in any conversation you would like. I read your comments on my blog and the post I put up was directed at Christians, I was not making any kind of statement about atheists in general, rather my limited experience with them, I was addressing a point of disagreement within our Christian bodies. I enjoyed your post and will be back to visit your blog. Welcome to mine as well and feel free to join in any conversation you would like.

]]> By: themaiden http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153797 themaiden Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:11 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153797 Alan, I can say 'oxymoron'. It is really quite funny. I don't think any of them actually caught the irony of defending relativism. Alan,

I can say ‘oxymoron’.

It is really quite funny. I don’t think any of them actually caught the irony of defending relativism.

]]> By: Alan http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153707 Alan Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:53:10 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153707 "assertions in support of ethical relativism." Can anyone say oxymoron? “assertions in support of ethical relativism.” Can anyone say oxymoron?

]]> By: Graphictruth http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153640 Graphictruth Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:20:27 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153640 damn, forgot to use the hook. but I think the one I did use is kinda fun too: <a href="Hell's Handmaiden has dipped into the reality stream and come up with a net full of three-legged tadpoles..."> Hell's Handmaiden has dipped into the reality stream and come up with a net full of three-legged tadpoles...</a> damn, forgot to use the hook. but I think the one I did use is kinda fun too:

Hell’s Handmaiden has dipped into the reality stream and come up with a net full of three-legged tadpoles…

]]> By: Graphictruth http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153557 Graphictruth Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:04:43 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153557 No, but you fantasized telling them that you had. And that's the sort of "Gedankenexperement" they need to participate in. Viscerally. I'm linking to this - ethics are my meat and potatoes. And if I come up with anything useful, feel free to print out multiple copies, roll them up real tight and swat their little puppy noses with them. By the by, I think I just typed my hook. No, but you fantasized telling them that you had. And that’s the sort of “Gedankenexperement” they need to participate in. Viscerally.

I’m linking to this - ethics are my meat and potatoes. And if I come up with anything useful, feel free to print out multiple copies, roll them up real tight and swat their little puppy noses with them.

By the by, I think I just typed my hook.

]]> By: themaiden http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153228 themaiden Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:26:07 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153228 Mike, I don't have the authority, for one. And two, I do actually think that posting their papers online is the wrong thing to do, even to teach 'em a lesson. Mike,

I don’t have the authority, for one. And two, I do actually think that posting their papers online is the wrong thing to do, even to teach ‘em a lesson.

]]> By: mike http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153211 mike Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:57:39 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-153211 Um, so teach them the error of their ways? Um, so teach them the error of their ways?

]]> By: the chaplain http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152978 the chaplain Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:56:27 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152978 Good post. One thing I do not miss about the academic world is evaluating student work. Good post. One thing I do not miss about the academic world is evaluating student work.

]]> By: BlackSun http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152917 BlackSun Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:42:02 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152917 Hear, hear!! Hear, hear!!

]]> By: Martin http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152859 Martin Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:41:49 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152859 my profession, by the way, is public relations... my profession, by the way, is public relations…

]]> By: Martin http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152858 Martin Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:40:38 +0000 http://www.hells-handmaiden.com/2007/12/17/a-generation-of-damned-relativists/#comment-152858 Hooray!!... I love this post. I say publish those papers... you have an educational obligation to publish them. Nothing is better than "learning by doing" and making these kids see the real-world consequences of their "beliefs" will be an invaluable education into the true nature of philosophy. It's not just sitting around noodling out theories that have no basis in fact, or consequences in life. As a philosophy grad myself, I am fed up with the seemingly blase attitude of my profession to the consequences of their constant corrupting of language and discourse. "Consequences" is a notion that our culture has seen fit to dispense with. Even as we live with them daily. I'd say that a reality check of consequence is what's in order here. Don't back down from it. Hooray!!… I love this post. I say publish those papers… you have an educational obligation to publish them. Nothing is better than “learning by doing” and making these kids see the real-world consequences of their “beliefs” will be an invaluable education into the true nature of philosophy. It’s not just sitting around noodling out theories that have no basis in fact, or consequences in life.

As a philosophy grad myself, I am fed up with the seemingly blase attitude of my profession to the consequences of their constant corrupting of language and discourse. “Consequences” is a notion that our culture has seen fit to dispense with. Even as we live with them daily.

I’d say that a reality check of consequence is what’s in order here. Don’t back down from it.

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