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| Lust declared virtue, not vice | |||
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| Lust has been wrongly branded a vice and should be "reclaimed for humanity" as a life-affirming virtue, according to Cambridge University's Simon Blackburn. I think this has got to kill any hopes of him getting taken off the incest chart... | |||
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| by Simon - Fri 16th Jan 2004, 9:43pm | |||
Mike said: I think this has got to kill any hopes of him getting taken off the incest chart... As my namesake says, "anything that gives pleasure has a presumption in its favour. "The question is how we control it."The incest chart gives pleasure... and needs to be controlled by removing boring old people, like me. | |||
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| by RTT - Mon 19th Jan 2004, 8:40am | |||
| Simon seems to have written quite a few books actually. I'm particularly keen to read the one entitled "Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics". From where does his authority on this subject come? | |||
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| by dw229 - Mon 19th Jan 2004, 8:44am | |||
| Simon is also listed as the 21st "Most Powerful Person in Cambridge", and as far as I know he does all this while still holding down a job at the Bank of England. Amazing. | |||
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| by Mike - Mon 19th Jan 2004, 10:47am | |||
dw229 said: as far as I know he does all this while still holding down a job at the Bank of England. Not any more. He's now ARA Coaching and Development Officer for London and the South East (if memory serves). A job which, as Graham memorably summed up, involves driving the bus and taking the photos... | |||
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| by Simon - Mon 19th Jan 2004, 12:36pm | |||
RTT said: Simon seems to have written quite a few books Think came out while I was in Cambridge. It was very odd - I was cycling past Waterstones at speed one day and saw out of the corner of my eye a giant poster saying:"Simon Blackburn. Think." Well, odd for me, obviously. Anyone else would have assumed it was an advert for a book... | |||
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| by Dubya - Wed 21st Jan 2004, 5:20pm | |||
From where does his authority on this subject come? Where does it come from, this silly adherence to stupid outdated rules about prepositions? | |||
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| by gf - Thu 22nd Jan 2004, 9:34am | |||
Dubya said: Where does it come from, this silly adherence to stupid outdated rules about prepositions? From the caravan, off in which... | |||
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| by Dubya - Thu 22nd Jan 2004, 1:54pm | |||
| Cheers ;) | |||
