tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post3220935357454341078..comments2024-03-11T19:40:23.089+00:00Comments on Views from the bike shed: Fair's fairThe bike shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-65788706121430109292009-09-18T11:35:39.939+01:002009-09-18T11:35:39.939+01:00A fascinating post and I too had not heard of Rawl...A fascinating post and I too had not heard of Rawls. I am intrigued that your four year old had this insight. I suspect good genes and good teaching!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-17576758623585598472009-09-14T14:55:05.609+01:002009-09-14T14:55:05.609+01:00Oddly, I came to your blog via French Fancy...your...Oddly, I came to your blog via French Fancy...your remark about company registrars interested me, then read this post and was delighted as I'm just rereading Rawls for the first time for years..my copy had long gone, but my god daughter bequeathed me her student books - for this read dumped them here never to recover them - and I'm having a whale of a time rediscovering what the layers of time had obscured.<br />Encourage Dylan!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-89510072571879826032009-09-13T19:37:27.881+01:002009-09-13T19:37:27.881+01:00All - thank you all for comments; so not entirely ...All - thank you all for comments; so not entirely boring then? Maybe I'll try another similar post soon.<br /><br />FF - not sure about the genius; a genius at getting round his dad perhaps.<br /><br />Carol - I agree. Peter Singer's book - One World - is an excellent look at the ethics of first world vs. third world. Very readable.<br /><br />PFG - you are making perfect sense. It is hard, arguably impossible, to step away. This is why Rawls puts us in a position where 'the best we can achieve for ourselves is the fairest position for all.'<br /><br />CH - I can mull things for hours, days, nights, weeks,... it's kind of a good reason to sleep for.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-65729084846637704312009-09-12T21:08:36.219+01:002009-09-12T21:08:36.219+01:00From the mouths of babes. . . Fascinating thoughts...From the mouths of babes. . . Fascinating thoughts though, and I probably will lose sleep tonight now mulling this over. Certainly worthy of more than one reading. Is this one definition of carrying our own baggage?Rustic Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335714529878600216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-82343112939407210502009-09-12T11:55:30.811+01:002009-09-12T11:55:30.811+01:00I agree with Rawls, to a point, that we are all se...I agree with Rawls, to a point, that we are all self-interested. It rather reminds me of people saying, 'put yourself in my position' when trying to get you to see their side of an argument or discussion. You can try, but deep inside you are often telling yourself that you would never be in that position and it takes a great leap of imagination to even try and be in that person's position. Always you will have your own take on the argument, maybe your own experience of what the person is talking about which is bound to colour how you see things, and it's hard to be totally objective, to step away from yourself. Doubt that makes sense, but I know what I mean!!pinkfairygranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497901949136714254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-92125476111281226332009-09-11T18:17:08.037+01:002009-09-11T18:17:08.037+01:00Absolutely fascinating post!! I've never heard...Absolutely fascinating post!! I've never heard of John Rawls but I like his thinking!!<br /><br />How much better the world would be if the richest people were only allowed to get richer by also helping others less fortunate!!<br /><br />I agree with FF...you have a genius on your hands!!<br /><br />C xCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327016337976942530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-12966347749348676422009-09-11T14:02:46.509+01:002009-09-11T14:02:46.509+01:00Lots of food for thought there and until you gave ...Lots of food for thought there and until you gave the alien abduction as an example I wasn't even sure I was going to be able to follow this philosophy fully. Yet little Dylan didn't need the analogy - you've got a genius living with you thereFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.com