Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:33:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Rooney <rooney-AT-tiger.cc.oxy.edu>
Subject: Re: God help us, back to tropes




On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Jon Rubin wrote:

> > An "ethical act" typically
> > denotes some act fulfilling a moral rule,
> > as opposed to an "unethical act" (e.g.,
> > murder) which does not.
>
> A funny conception of ethics, Michael, particularly from somebody who=92s
> read Spinoza.

Admittedly, I hesitated over the word "rule",
but insofar as any ethics prescribes (even if
only from a perspective), even Spinoza can be
put in such a way (e.g., "actions should compose",
"they should not generate passions", etc.).

But Spinoza is hardly your typical ethicist.


Cordially,

M.