Reflections, Reflections

Whether the people presenting have something worthwhile to say, I don't know, but the topic is very interesting.

* ACTION and VALUES: A Conference in Honor of the Publication of Gary Watson's book, Agency and Answerability, at UC Riverside.

Since the 1970s Gary Watson has published a series of influential essays on human action, examining such questions as: in what ways are we free and not free, rational and irrational, responsible or not for what we do? Moral philosophers and philosophers of action will welcome this collection, representing one of the most important bodies of work in the field.

As I mentioned here, I don't think philosophers are the best people to answer these questions, but that's just a generalization. I will withhold my joke on the event and the presenters for the time being, until I know more ;-)

By coincidence, Dennis the Peasant has another funny essay on the subject (although in the context he is obsessing with, Ward Churchill). How wonderful for us if Churchill was a tiny exception and not a certain amount of the rule in academia. Nothing new in that it is very easy to take down one person compared to fixing an entire system.

Abolishing the tenure system creates serious problems, keeping it the way it is maintains serious problems.

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