October 31, 2003

Tom Smith from The Right Coast on moral philosophy and moral philosophers:

I have found it amusing over the years to observe, for example, that many moral philosophers seem to have trouble living very morally. My philosophy advisor, a truly wonderful man and teacher, Norman Kretzman, who died some years ago, once remarked at a meeting in which one of his (now pretty well known) philandering colleagues was assigned to teach the course "Contemporary Moral Problems" that "it takes one to know one."

I've noted the same phenomena. I've actually seen a "moral" philosopher steal wood from an unsuspecting neighbor. He was actually stealing it, sneaking around so he wouldn't get caught. Weird.

Posted by Greg Ransom