TM and moral character
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177111 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177096 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177106 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177122 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177095 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177336 > > > - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > Om, Curtis, they disbanded that philosophy department years ago. > They > > don't teach ethics, don't even seem to have an ethics code even like > most > > any other real university might. > > > > They do seem to talk about ethics as a scientific chart related > > to 'moral reasoning' but they don't seem to have ethics or ethics > > they'd admit to. > > > > Do a google search on university ethics code. Don't find nothing > for > > MUM? The obvious new thing Hegelin could have done was come out > saying > > we are not that and we are this. He has not. So, evidently is the > > same old PR lies, steal and cheat to acheive their end. They are > what > > they are. Evidently. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --Aristotle conceives of ethical theory as a field distinct from >the > theoretical sciences. Its methodology must match its subject matter— > good action—and must respect the fact that in this field many > generalizations hold only for the most part. We study ethics in >order > to improve our lives, and therefore its principal concern is the > nature of human well-being. Aristotle follows Socrates and Plato in > taking the virtues to be central to a well-lived life. Like Plato, >he > regards the ethical virtues (justice, courage, temperance and so >on) > as complex rational, emotional and social skills. But he rejects > Plato's idea that a training in the sciences and metaphysics is a > necessary prerequisite for a full understanding of our good. What >we > need, in order to live well, is a proper appreciation of the way in > which such goods as friendship, pleasure, virtue, honor and wealth > fit together as a whole. In order to apply that general >understanding > to particular cases, we must acquire, through proper upbringing and > habits, the ability to see, on each occasion, which course of >action > is best supported by reasons. Therefore practical wisdom, as he > conceives it, cannot be acquired solely by learning general rules. >We > also must also acquire, through practice, those deliberative, > emotional, and social skills that enable us to put our general > understanding of well-being into practice in ways that are suitable > to each occasion. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Also saw Clyde Cleveland, Greg Dureese, ...everybodies >gettin' > old!! > > > > > > Hey Peter, > > > > > > Second picture, Paul Carrouza, the most brilliant guy in the > > > philosophy major, a year ahead of me. Really a great guy. > > >
