On rationality and morality, and valuing an individual’s life. (via Musings of a procrastinator)

Pinto

This is a look back at the scandal surrounding the Ford Pinto, a car with a less than stellar reputation. I’m not going into detail. I don’t want to spoil the story.

This article makes some good points and I like it. He’s dealing with one of the most morally charged stories of the twentieth century.

It’s a good story, well handled. Please read it.

James Pilant

Holy crap – two posts in two days? What’s going on? Don’t worry though, this is just as unstructured and pointless as the last. What I give you in quantity, I take back in quality. Anyway, I was in a politics the other day on the subject of Rationality. Basically, the point of the lecture was for us to realise that being ‘rational’ is something that can mean different things. One of the points made in the lecture was that of morality – specifical … Read More

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