September 2009
September 2009
Does Postmodernism Mean Moral Relativism?
Guest Contributor
12
Sep 2009
posted by Gary Aylesworth
Read moreAm I a Postmodernist
John Perry
12
Sep 2009
The term "postmodern" came into use as a description of certain trends in architecture, art, and literature in the 1970’s, although the trends it describes reach back earlier in the twentieth century, to Joyce and Finnegan’s Wake in the case of literature, and to the 1950’s at least in the case of architecture. But what counts as postmodern philosophy?
Read moreThe Post-Modern Family Values: Open Blog Entry
Ken Taylor
12
Sep 2009
One used to think of a family as one of the primary means of transmitting values from generation to generation. One might have thought, in fact, that that is one of the primary things that family is for. Of course, it has other functions -- providing for its members daily material and psychological needs prime among them.
Read moreWork and the Self
Ken Taylor
04
Sep 2009
I said something during the episode that certainly could have been said more clearly about getting the proportions right. On the one hand, there's how much of the time available to one, one's work will take. There are only so many hours in a day, week, or life. How many of the hours of one's day will one allow one's work to consume? Work also consumes the self. And there's only so much of the self to go around too.
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