tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post6466842370591986701..comments2023-08-19T00:28:50.258-07:00Comments on Attitutor Blog: Regarding Them Commentary: What About Morality?Don Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-67895710356406927482007-01-09T14:32:00.000-08:002007-01-09T14:32:00.000-08:00Thank you Aeneas, that was an excellent story by R...Thank you Aeneas, that was an excellent story by RadioLab. <br /><br />Your suggestion assumes that all possible messages of interest or worth to you can be stated in a form that is "straight" and must be pointed. I am interested in dealing with the actual, real world in which many things are not "straight" and may not have a point, therefore attempting to fit such a world into langauge that is "Don Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-73246138750473048732007-01-08T20:05:00.000-08:002007-01-08T20:05:00.000-08:00I must say I didn't read all your post; much to fl...I must say I didn't read all your post; much to flowery for my taste (if you're trying to say something, say it "straight" and get to the point, don't go on and on about metaphors and elaborations and concepts and such). But I saw you mention "morality" and must recomend a 1 hour long talk show on Morality, by Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich, on WNYC's Radio Lab, avaiable for free download on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-28282480636888419802007-01-04T10:01:00.000-08:002007-01-04T10:01:00.000-08:00The parenthetical comment regarding love was not m...The parenthetical comment regarding love was not meant to be a complete definition, but a reference to the primitive literal core from which further elaborations emanate. The first experience that would be used as the beginning of our conception of love would be as a newborn infant on our mother's breast. Thus, the literal experiential core of the concept of love is a nurturing warmth emanating Don Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-33374749499596103352007-01-04T03:38:00.000-08:002007-01-04T03:38:00.000-08:00I have not been well following this series of comm...I have not been well following this series of commentaries, but I thought I must remark on your definition here of "love (a nurturing warmth emanating from a being pretty much like me, only bigger.)" First, I don't understand in what sense "bigger" is intended in the definition, and second, surely this is a limited definition of love? Merely a "warm fuzzy"? Nurturing is mentioned, but seems Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com