tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post5685928862730937581..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Thinking Blogger Award, reduxLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-57517580836390787582007-08-28T13:02:00.000-06:002007-08-28T13:02:00.000-06:00Wow. I really appreciate it. I finally have time t...Wow. I really appreciate it. I finally have time to get a post up that's half decent, and now you've removed the instructions! I'm a bit ignorant when it comes to tags. I don't know how this whole thing works. E-mail me perhaps?<BR/><BR/>And I agree with your conclusions on the whole is-ought thing. I've come to the same conclusion myself, but that may change. I have no idea.Kellygorskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757767910101757133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-67884522116459052032007-08-23T06:51:00.000-06:002007-08-23T06:51:00.000-06:00I felt guilty because you deserve the award, it wa...I felt guilty because you deserve the award, it was in my power to give it to you, and I didn't do so. I completely assuaged my guilt, however, by actually giving you the award. Like the Sacred Slut, whether you accept or not it's an indication of the esteem in which I hold your own work.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how to search comments; I'm not sure where you posted your question, so I'll try and reconstruct it, and my answer, from memory.<BR/><BR/>I have concluded that the is-ought dichotomy is fundamental: There is no reconciling the two. We must accept that what we choose (ought) is unrelated in a fundamental way to truth (is). "Is" can tell us what our choices are, and tell us the likely or plausible consequences of our choices, but because both choices are, in a sense, "true", cannot tell us how to choose; truth cannot tell us which is better. (In much the same sense, "ought" cannot dictate "is": The truth does not care about our preferences.)<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking about writing an essay on the topic in the near future.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-8875232657616076082007-08-23T06:37:00.000-06:002007-08-23T06:37:00.000-06:00Don't feel guilty! Why on Earth do you feel guilty...Don't feel guilty! Why on Earth do you feel guilty? <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the nomination. I'll be posting later today. <BR/><BR/>(Hey, did you ever respond to my comment about the is-to-ought problem? If you did, I can't find it.)Kellygorskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757767910101757133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-3728546672141555022007-08-22T10:58:00.000-06:002007-08-22T10:58:00.000-06:00Whether you put it up or not, you definitely deser...Whether you put it up or not, you definitely deserve the high esteem in which I hold your work.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-29956097346716685312007-08-22T10:55:00.000-06:002007-08-22T10:55:00.000-06:00Congratulations and thanks for the nomination. Som...Congratulations and thanks for the nomination. Somebody gave me one a while ago but I never put it up. The whole tagging thing...brings back grade school memories better left buried. :)Reason's Whorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386477323714963087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-21846772587841503792007-08-22T10:13:00.000-06:002007-08-22T10:13:00.000-06:00Coming from a Christian, that's high praise indeed...Coming from a Christian, that's high praise indeed. ;-)Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-5445368813719817472007-08-22T09:37:00.000-06:002007-08-22T09:37:00.000-06:00Congrats. As atheists go, you do very possibly de...Congrats. As atheists go, you do very possibly deserve this. ;-)Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-66428346238680057212007-08-22T06:06:00.000-06:002007-08-22T06:06:00.000-06:00Congrats, Larry.Congrats, Larry.Kellygorskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757767910101757133noreply@blogger.com