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An Unlikely Contrast Between Torture and Social Media
Continuing the point about the good and the right in discussions of the CIA torture program, my attention has been drawn to a domain in which arguments from the right seem more easily to yield to arguments from the good, almost to the point of reducing the discussion entirely to terms of benefits and costs.… Continue reading
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The Torture Report: Further Clarification
Since it is such a sensitive issue, I want to be especially careful in the language I use to discuss torture. Reading over yesterday’s note, it seems I could have drawn the point more precisely. Here’s some of what I wrote: That said, a number of commentators have hastened to say that even if the… Continue reading
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The Torture Report: Efficacy v. Ethics?
There’s not a lot I can add to the conversation of this past week about the CIA torture report that came out of Sen. Feinstein’s committee. I did note, however, that many politicians and commentators fell into a narrative about the report according to which the question of whether torture worked has no bearing at… Continue reading
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First Sketch: Postscript
I should add that many notes to this blog are likely to focus on teaching and learning, since that is the central focus of my professional life, just now. I am always revising and refining the design of my courses, the better to hook in to the lived experience and the moral imagination of my… Continue reading
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First Sketch
I intend this blog to be a series of observations about ethical values in everyday life, in professional practice and in public policy. My outlook is that of a secular philosopher, and my interest is in the lived experiences of human beings pursuing various projects in particular places. The founding idea is that ethical thinking… Continue reading
