tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134050540089067247.post2118803352096257287..comments2024-03-01T01:28:17.662-05:00Comments on Happiness Through Humanism: Humanism and PragmatismJentheHumanisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01908285918010182097noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134050540089067247.post-62010119121786257022014-08-09T08:29:33.863-04:002014-08-09T08:29:33.863-04:00PS - Love the Berube essay! Spot on. I've ne...PS - Love the Berube essay! Spot on. I've never understood why the divinity of Jesus matters. Seems to me his story is more powerful if he is human. But that's just me being a Humanist I suppose.JentheHumanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908285918010182097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134050540089067247.post-8914132852866106602014-08-09T08:23:10.821-04:002014-08-09T08:23:10.821-04:00Anyway - when I read it I was thinking - wow - thi...Anyway - when I read it I was thinking - wow - this is what philosophy books should be like!JentheHumanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908285918010182097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134050540089067247.post-19134356181822200042014-08-09T08:22:36.875-04:002014-08-09T08:22:36.875-04:00Wonderful Sherman - I love it when philosophers ca...Wonderful Sherman - I love it when philosophers can simplify! The first time I read Ramendra Nath - in his book Some Reflections on Ethics - does a great job of just wiping away so many of the false dichotomies in philosophy that are so either or - either we have a foundation or we can't have ethics. He just basically declares them a false dichotomy and explains why the middle ground is what makes sense. I'd link to it - but the book is no longer available for free online. You have to buy it. It's a wonderful read though. JentheHumanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908285918010182097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134050540089067247.post-10807348898427501802014-08-08T23:47:27.636-04:002014-08-08T23:47:27.636-04:00Jennifer,
One of my favorite entries in Michael B...Jennifer,<br /><br />One of my favorite entries in Michael Bérubé's archived blog is "Credo" (http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/comments/1140/ ), which has a beautiful structure and explanation. <br /><br />In grad school, Bérubé also took classes from Richard Rorty, one of the more productive pragmatist philosophers in the late 20th century. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around some of the issues with knowledge and certainty, except Bérubé made the best argument (in a different entry, which I can't track down right now) on how we can make universalistic arguments about human rights while being anti-foundationalist. Essentially it comes down to this: "Yes, this principle I hold to now may be overturned next year or next decade or century, but for now I have enough reason to declare that everyone has this right."Sherman Dornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491045214079619658noreply@blogger.com