Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Culture, Linguistics on Jul 11th, 2008
The other day, someone got to my blog through a search for: “American pronunciation of the word actually.” So — I figured — why not provide said pronunciation? Here it is:
actually = ac-tu-al-ly = AC-tyoo-uhl-lee
First syllable: “ac“
. . . is stressed or emphasized
. . . uses the short-A vowel sound
In British English, a’s are often [...]
My weekly article is up at The Free Liberal. You can read it here.
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It’s as good as any politician’s speech on religion that I’ve ever heard, and is far better than most attempts by politicians to deal with religion.
It is evidence of the following fact:
Politics is founded upon — and takes its ongoing motive force from — value judgments. Therefore, political theory and moral-/value-/ethical-theory are inseparable.
The question [...]
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, politics, religion on Nov 5th, 2007
A few days ago Scott Adams blogged about “Why We Should All Become Muslims.” He’s a comedian, so you can’t take anything he says seriously (ouch, that’s kind of rough isn’t it?) but the post got about four times more comments than his others. And Aristotle would have something to say about it too.
So, since [...]
Posted in Christian, Christianity, Christians, Clinton, Culture, Election, Government, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Hillary Clinton, Morality, President, Romney, Uncategorized, distinctions, emotions, politics, religion on Oct 30th, 2007
Here are the stories I’m finding most interesting this morning:
Thompson alone tackles entitlements
Thompson is the only candidate I’ve heard portray something as requiring a sacrifice for a good cause. You won’t hear Clinton say the same thing about her universal healthcare plan, even though it will require sacrifices.
Craig Crawford’s Trail Mix: Obama’s Halloween Scare Could [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2007
I was talking to my students on Thursday about Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV. There he discusses both pride and shame. I pointed out that only Rightist Americans seem to be able to pull off the former (with respect to their being American), while both Right and Left are pretty darn good at at the [...]
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