Category Archives: Ethics

what is a hero?

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Michael

As I was struggling on the bike at the gym on Friday, I saw on television the story of the British plane that lost power and crashed. The pilot was being heralded as a hero (“The British pilot who made … Continue reading →

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Suheir Hammad’s poetry

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Michael

An video of Suheir Hammad’s poetry, appropriate in my case now as I’m sitting in on a Post 9/11 Theory course. This week we’re discussing Slavoj Zizek’s The Desert of the Real; I’ll try to post more on my thoughts … Continue reading →

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since when have i become obsessed with virtue ethics?

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Michael

There is a faculty which is called cleverness; and this is such as to be able to do the things that tend towards the mark we have set before ourselves, and to hit it. Now if the mark be noble, … Continue reading →

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humanities. huh. what is it good for? absolutely nothing?

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Michael

Not that I mean to imply that the humanities is like war with this title. The real question seems to be what is the humanities good for? War has utility: it gets rich folks richer and increases (and occasionally overturns) … Continue reading →

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Baudrillard’s ethics

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Michael

Today I read Jean Baudrillard’s The Spirit of Terrorism and Other Essays, a book Evan Gottlieb assigned for his theory course this term, titled “Post 9/11 Theory.” I’m excited that I’m going to be sitting in on the class and … Continue reading →

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