A well argued treatise on the fallacy of libertarians claims of “Natural Law”
If there were human natural rights like the law of gravity, we would have figured that out all ready. A good read.
The Myth of Natural Law Friday, Feb 15 2008
Anarchy and History and Law and Philosophy and Politics and Society 2:53 am
War Crimes Saturday, Jan 12 2008
History and Law and Philosophy and Politics and Society ethics, History, Morality, People, Society 9:35 pm
The man who dropped the bomb on Japan recently passed on into that black infinity that he sent so many innocents to. He took full responsibility for the bombing , so would he take the same responsibility if it turns out that it was a war crime? Interesting question. One man has the moral reasoning ability to determine if he performed an unjust act by pulling the triggger. More than 100,000 people perished that day and the weeks and months that followed. If the blast didn’t vaporize you then the radiation poisoning surely did. The bombing was unnecessary ans Japan was about to surrender. So was it a war crime? I think so.The Man Who Bombed Hiroshima.
What is Art? Monday, Mar 19 2007
Art and Philosophy 7:00 pm
What is Art? Where does creativity come from? What is beauty? Such difficult questions. These questions have been debated for centuries. Everyone wants to weigh in on the activity of Art but it is very difficult to define Art. In my own mind, I believe that Art is a function of expression and a representation of beauty. The great literary artist Leo Tolstoy was a well-known proponent of the expression theory. He supposed that an artist feels an emotion; then after recreating the feeling or emotion in himself, he attempts to create a work that conveys that emotion or feeling to others who are observing the work. If the feeling is not conveyed or transferred then the artwork fails. Looking at Art from this perspective seems to reduce Art to merely a means of communication. This perspective is limited and narrow in scope, but it is also much too all encompassing. The main argument against this theory is that it would include things not traditionally regarded as art, and excludes things that have been considered great works of art for centuries.
Surely Art IS a means of communication, but Art communicates somethingdeeper than just feelings. It conveys, without words, comprehension of the artist’s state of mind. His inner state of being is revealed through the artwork. This, I believe, is the true aim of Art. It must be intentional. It is an intentional act designed to transfer emotional content and to elicit a emotional response from the observer.
Eternal Change Friday, Feb 16 2007
Philosophy 8:54 pm
‘To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on
creating oneself endlessly.’
Life is a continuous series of changing moments. Change is happening at an astounding rate. Infinite change is what your life is all about..This natural change can be controlled to a certain extent. More like being in a situation that may change in my favor just as change may go the other way and destroy. I believe man has the ability to order his own world. Perhaps one day we will awake and and realize that all our lives we have had this innate ability to shape our world. Most of us react to the changing streams of time rather than control the streams.
