Philosophy
Etiquette question: You walk up to a building slightly behind someone. There are two consecutive sets of doors. The person after walking through the first door holds it open for you. Being polite, you say, "thank you." The person then walks through and holds open the second door, are you obligated to thank him or her again? Is it one kind act or two? Is holding the second door a continuation of the thoughtfulness of the first act and thereby covered by the original "thank you" you uttered two seconds earlier or do you need to say it again? Does the fact that the two are the same kind of act mean anything? Would a smile instead of a verbalization count?
- Trick Or Treat?
Once again, we took the short people trick or treating last night. It's really not fair. They go door to door collecting attractive little packages of candy they are not allowed to have. Taking kids who can't have candy trick or treating is a...
- Pictures Of Evil
It is interesting to contrast the situation in South Africa after Apartheid with American acts of evil in Iraq. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed on the idea that without full knowledge and accounting of the horrors that had been perpetrated,...
- The Kind Of Person: An Experiment
Let's try something new, something completely different. I've had this idea for a while and wasn't sure if it would fly, but what the heck. It'll be called "The Kind of Person" and the idea is that I will sketch an archetype and in the...
- Birthplace Of American Astronomy...the Cincinnati Observatory
"How Cincinnati became the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."" by Ann Thompson April 12th, 2013 WVXU The Cincinnati Observatory is celebrating an anniversary this weekend. It was 168 years ago that a prominent Cincinnatian made the city the "Birthplace...
- Jean-paul Sartre..."in Camera" [aka "no Exit"]
New Horizons... The original name of the play in French is “Huis Clos” or In Camera, which means a private discussion going on behind closed doors, as in a legal situation when deliberation goes on before a sentence is passed. In its English translation,...
Philosophy
The Two Door Dilemma
Etiquette question: You walk up to a building slightly behind someone. There are two consecutive sets of doors. The person after walking through the first door holds it open for you. Being polite, you say, "thank you." The person then walks through and holds open the second door, are you obligated to thank him or her again? Is it one kind act or two? Is holding the second door a continuation of the thoughtfulness of the first act and thereby covered by the original "thank you" you uttered two seconds earlier or do you need to say it again? Does the fact that the two are the same kind of act mean anything? Would a smile instead of a verbalization count?
- Trick Or Treat?
Once again, we took the short people trick or treating last night. It's really not fair. They go door to door collecting attractive little packages of candy they are not allowed to have. Taking kids who can't have candy trick or treating is a...
- Pictures Of Evil
It is interesting to contrast the situation in South Africa after Apartheid with American acts of evil in Iraq. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed on the idea that without full knowledge and accounting of the horrors that had been perpetrated,...
- The Kind Of Person: An Experiment
Let's try something new, something completely different. I've had this idea for a while and wasn't sure if it would fly, but what the heck. It'll be called "The Kind of Person" and the idea is that I will sketch an archetype and in the...
- Birthplace Of American Astronomy...the Cincinnati Observatory
"How Cincinnati became the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."" by Ann Thompson April 12th, 2013 WVXU The Cincinnati Observatory is celebrating an anniversary this weekend. It was 168 years ago that a prominent Cincinnatian made the city the "Birthplace...
- Jean-paul Sartre..."in Camera" [aka "no Exit"]
New Horizons... The original name of the play in French is “Huis Clos” or In Camera, which means a private discussion going on behind closed doors, as in a legal situation when deliberation goes on before a sentence is passed. In its English translation,...