tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7635914938481710000..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: "Intellectual Virtues"Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-69994598678531769672014-09-04T07:36:06.432-07:002014-09-04T07:36:06.432-07:00Mr. Brooks gets courage and autonomy wrong. In bot...Mr. Brooks gets courage and autonomy wrong. In both cases he defines them as good judgement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-38094129169556011672014-09-03T05:56:16.289-07:002014-09-03T05:56:16.289-07:00Jay Wood was my Phil 101 professor. And a fine on...Jay Wood was my Phil 101 professor. And a fine one at that.DrTorchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47281257846806962942014-08-30T10:52:47.394-07:002014-08-30T10:52:47.394-07:00Let us hope virtue-based education replaces the va...Let us hope virtue-based education replaces the vapid appeals to the mind, as today so many justify pragmatic, utilitarian standards of social contribution. Some will rationalize that amassing great wealth is a form of social contribution, a way to keep score about the "value" he has created. For whom? Just because one can do something does not mean he should do it. What does a successful businessman do with his wealth? Whatever he wants? Is that a social standard? Not being able to see beyond the end of your nose is not a sign of character, nor a necessary ingredient for success. Success is based on the choices one makes, the spirit that animates those choices, and the impact those choices have on others. No man is an island. We are not solitary predators. Virtue teaches us this.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79494321087531391092014-08-30T09:14:36.176-07:002014-08-30T09:14:36.176-07:00We live in an age of quants and burgeoning relianc...We live in an age of quants and burgeoning reliance on algorithms and formulas at the expense of critical thought.<br /><br /><em>We all probably excel at some of these virtues and are deficient in others. But I’m struck by how much of the mainstream literature on decision-making treats the mind as some disembodied organ that can be programed like a computer.</em><br /><br />New generations retaliate angrily against the "lazy" moniker slung by older generations. Perhaps lazy is not the right word, but "dependent" surely fits.Socially Extincthttp://www.phoenixism.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90245093678858248512014-08-30T05:29:29.965-07:002014-08-30T05:29:29.965-07:00Of course, Brooks is communicating the ideas conta...Of course, Brooks is communicating the ideas contained in a book... they are not necessarily his ideas.<br /><br />Still, I find his analysis cogent and germane.<br /><br />One could do worse.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-29527799072620672862014-08-30T04:41:19.737-07:002014-08-30T04:41:19.737-07:00I was a US military Speechwriter for 20 years. Dur...I was a US military Speechwriter for 20 years. During the last 10, PC & celebrations of "Diversity" grew ever more onerous.<br /><br />Failure to comply would have ruined my career & life. I retired just before my self respect & honor couldn't take it anymore.<br /><br />I like & respect Brooks, but I suspect he writes under similar diktats to some degree. -- Rich Lara Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34900976185254496272014-08-29T21:10:36.401-07:002014-08-29T21:10:36.401-07:00This sounds a lot like F.M. McMurry listed as the ...This sounds a lot like F.M. McMurry listed as the factors of studying back in 1909. Only his book, 'How to Study and Teaching How to Study' argued that the factors were endemic in children, could be refined but that most "education" worked against them.<br /><br />The factors of studying:<br />1. Provision for Specific Purposes<br />2. The Supplementing of Thought<br />3. The Organization of Ideas <br />4. Judging the Soundness and General Worth of Statements<br />5. Memorizing<br />6. The Using of Ideas <br />7. Provision for a Tentative rather than a Fixed Attitude toward Knowledge<br />8. Provision for Individuality (form your own opinion before considering those of others)JKBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-218942864589083142014-08-29T13:48:02.268-07:002014-08-29T13:48:02.268-07:00http://classicalvalues.com/2013/06/the-civility-of...http://classicalvalues.com/2013/06/the-civility-of-a-man-can-be-measured-by-the-crease-of-his-pants/<br /><br />The civility of a man can be measured by the crease of his pants<br />June 13, 2013 10:40 pm - Author: Eric Scheie<br /><br />"Via Glenn Reynolds‘ link to a link well worth rescuing, I learned that David Brooks — a man who claims to be a great arbiter of civil society if not civilization itself — is upset by what he calls “unmediated” people. I read what Brooks said twice and I don’t think he meant “unmedicated” but missed the c. Clearly, the man thinks it is bad to support the dowdy and rumpled Ron Paul, but civilized to support Barack Obama.<br /><br />The reason?<br /><br />Well, ranking high among them is that Barack Obama had perfectly creased pants:..."<br /><br />I cannot take Brooks seriously on academic virtue.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com