Comments on: Ends or means? Ethics and culture http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/ Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DR NAVA KISHOR DAS http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-13239 DR NAVA KISHOR DAS Tue, 05 May 2009 20:04:01 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=26#comment-13239 it was'nt possible to interact as not possible to reach that website ,where an interesting article in the Washington Post , appeared. There is greater concern in India towards bio-ethical theme in context of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism-main Indic religions. Visit ISHG 2009 website ,if interested, please. DR N K DAS it was’nt possible to interact as not possible to reach that website ,where an interesting article in the Washington Post , appeared. There is greater concern in India towards bio-ethical theme in context of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism-main Indic religions. Visit ISHG 2009 website ,if interested, please.
DR N K DAS

]]> By: admin http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-13144 admin Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:26:51 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=26#comment-13144 Drew, here's an interesting article in the Washington Post that also has some bearing... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702953.html Drew, here’s an interesting article in the Washington Post that also has some bearing…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702953.html

]]> By: Drew http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-13143 Drew Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:00:58 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=26#comment-13143 Aha! Now I understand your comments on Anthro and "ethics". Thanks to the good Doctor. Aha! Now I understand your comments on Anthro and “ethics”.

Thanks to the good Doctor.

]]> By: admin http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-13140 admin Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:59:43 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=26#comment-13140 Not that this isn't a worthy subject of study, but why, in your opinion, should we concentrate on it? Not that this isn’t a worthy subject of study, but why, in your opinion, should we concentrate on it?

]]> By: DR NAVA KISHOR DAS http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-13139 DR NAVA KISHOR DAS Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:45:38 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=26#comment-13139 LET US CONCENTRATE ON CULTURE AND ETHICS IN THEIR MULTIPLICITY IN INDIC CIVILISATION. DR N K DAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ANTHROPOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA , KOLKATA, INDIA LET US CONCENTRATE ON CULTURE AND ETHICS IN THEIR MULTIPLICITY IN INDIC CIVILISATION.
DR N K DAS,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
ANTHROPOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ,
KOLKATA,
INDIA

]]> By: admin http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-31 admin Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:28:05 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=26#comment-31 Hi TJM, I'm not sure where he is actually from - he told me once, but it has slipped my mind. I suspect that the concept is very similar in New England and parts of the South. Also, the military concept of a gentleman is probably the same, especially in families with a long history of service. What my friend found most disconcerting, I suspect, was that the social elite held the concept of military service as something that one just did. I think that this is where a lot of the differences came in - you had the advantages of your birth, or what you could make of yourself, so "of course" you had he responsibility to defend it. Thanks for the link on the polarization of the American public! I appreciate it. It certainly is an ongoing trend that apears to be getting stronger. Marc Hi TJM,

I’m not sure where he is actually from – he told me once, but it has slipped my mind. I suspect that the concept is very similar in New England and parts of the South. Also, the military concept of a gentleman is probably the same, especially in families with a long history of service.

What my friend found most disconcerting, I suspect, was that the social elite held the concept of military service as something that one just did. I think that this is where a lot of the differences came in – you had the advantages of your birth, or what you could make of yourself, so “of course” you had he responsibility to defend it.

Thanks for the link on the polarization of the American public! I appreciate it. It certainly is an ongoing trend that apears to be getting stronger.

Marc

]]> By: TJM http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/11/ends-or-means-ethics-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-30 TJM Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:55:07 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=26#comment-30 I am curious, what area of the US is your friend from? (Very few people in DC are actually from here - we've all moved here from somewhere else). I ask because what you described as being a gentleman is consistent with the concept that I grew up with in Maine, and while attending military school in Alabama, and while serving in the Army. It seemed odd that he held a different view. Also, regarding the polarization of American discourse, there was an article about this in this week's Economist (<a href="http://www.economist.com/world/na/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11581447&CFID=10889075&CFTOKEN=37006097" rel="nofollow">The Big Sort</a>), basically stating that Americans are quickly segregating themselves into neighborhoods of like-minded individuals and only choosing to watch and listen to media that fits their preconceived notions, thus squelching any discourse on social and political issues. I am curious, what area of the US is your friend from? (Very few people in DC are actually from here – we’ve all moved here from somewhere else). I ask because what you described as being a gentleman is consistent with the concept that I grew up with in Maine, and while attending military school in Alabama, and while serving in the Army. It seemed odd that he held a different view.

Also, regarding the polarization of American discourse, there was an article about this in this week’s Economist (The Big Sort), basically stating that Americans are quickly segregating themselves into neighborhoods of like-minded individuals and only choosing to watch and listen to media that fits their preconceived notions, thus squelching any discourse on social and political issues.

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