I’m being a bit flippant there. The whole idea of creativity itself is a big enough subject, let alone whether an A.I can be creative. My point was th...
These are all pretty high expectations I’ve seen here. And there’s nothing wrong with setting a bar. But what is realistic? There are only so many yea...
a: that morality exists as an objective set of guides on our behaviour (I await the howls). b: that art, primarily writing, explains it: Homer, Shakes...
Good point. Supposedly Shakespeare’s plays were performed for the general public, a rowdy,barely literate audience. So, yes, I don’t see why ‘Breaking...
Whatever the distance between authors, it seems to me that the characters of each narrative face a very similar dilemma in terms of moral choices. The...
The point of students studying Shakespeare is not to teach today’s students morals, it’s to study the work of a particular period. I remember a lectur...
I think you’re right about those who desire to be good but can’t resist the temptation to be bad. Except I’m not sure that they’re giving into a tempt...
I’ve been wondering about the period of education. Are those years in high school enough for students to be educated in all of those aspects, plus the...
You raise an interesting point here. It seems to me that you would be more likely to agree with me, because you are born with a set of morals for livi...
People are always making the wrong moral decisions in life, despite being instructed in what is right and wrong. Why is this? It’s because it’s a cont...
The flotilla of boats is evolution, the seeds dispersed, because the future exists. Less risk of the idea dying. The single boat is God’s world, one i...
This is why we differ so much on the artist and the audience. If you were to agree with me on morality (and I’m not asking you to) would you then agre...
I’m trying to keep in the air three different cultures and ages here. 1) a small tribe, 2) Christianity, and 3) let’s say post enlightenment or today....
Whether teachers are good or not, the problem is they are required to teach the curriculum. The government determines the curriculum through the depar...
In this conversation I have being trying to refer back to earlier times where most stories were passed on verbaly or visually. But what I’m exploring ...
But it would be fair to say that the Enlightenment was exactly that; a bifurcation. No, not all art was about telling stories, But it was the primary ...
This part is not really about morals or subjectivity. I’m trying to establish the way these original ‘artefacts’, as I call them, are the precursors t...
It’s worth remembering that this forum is international. Down here in Australia and New Zealand I don’t think the Prussian system ever played much of ...
It occurs to me that through education some people are trying to shape the future as opposed to being prepared to adapt to it. By shaping it we then k...
For a while in business there was the whole idea of ‘future proofing’ the business. Probably in response to the rapid and constant change we had found...
Should we hope for, or expect, every pupil to achieve all of this, or is it realistic to expect only a percentage to achieve it? If so what’s essentia...
Actually, I’m not sure by what you mean by ‘early education’, but early education, those years 5,6,7,9,10 would be about opening doors, and the follow...
Yes, no matter what you introduce to them in school they go back to that environment. So should school/education be a way of escaping that? Is it more...
True, true, true. That’s what I like about this forum. I’m referring to education in schools. We’re defining what form that education should take, and...
‘Morality plays are interesting vehicles for the solution of both social and intrapsychic conflicts among the uneducated or partially-educated bulk of...
To tell the truth I wondered myself when you said that. But then I remembered why. When you talk about art being very subjective and that it may be in...
Then would it be true to say that ‘every human act, to the extent that it is intentional and therefore aims at some ‘good’, is itself good,’ suggests ...
I do believe one thing about billionaires; no one can make that sort of money and be a moral person. I’ve worked with people in business and done some...
The world, especially the workplace, does not wait for your comfort, your convenience, punctuality is a pretty basic expectation. Tediousness and awkw...
Yes, I agree that morality gives us the inspiration to act well, not a set of rules for behaviour. It can do that because the sense of morality is alr...
Music is not really my field. But I don’t know if music would be as old as carving. However singing, chanting, the human voice would be. Which is of c...
The question is ‘Should billionaires be banned?’ you said ‘It's about the level of subsistance those jobs provide and the dignity that ought to go wit...
As usual with these discussions things start firing of in all directions. What also happens is that I can be drawn away from my original thoughts, whi...
I imagine that if a country carried out such a program then they would suddenly find themselves without billionaires. Putting aside the bad billionair...
If, as I’m suggesting, we have traditionally turned to these artists for understanding and interpretation, and we have done it instinctively, and stil...
I think she was making a destination between the dross that is always there and the work that is created by people serious about what they do. Those w...
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