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Moving from repression or tyranny toward the rule of law and reason is fraught with difficulties.... more Moving from repression or tyranny toward the rule of law and reason is fraught with difficulties. One question of transitional justice is whether those responsible for the horrors of the previous régime should be punished or whether those involved in the transition should travel a path toward forgiveness and unity. Within this article, it is urged that in the (re-)establishment of the rule of reason among all involved there is a commitment to peace as opposed to force. This commitment marks retribution and utilitarian punishment as incoherent and normatively indefensible. Resorting to punishment is the abandonment of reason, not its reinstatement. Indeed, the point can be generalized. Punishment, as resorting to force, is a move away from establishing or sustaining a framework of justification and its commitment to peace.
Agriculture and Human Values, Sep 1, 1984
"Can you manage?" "Sure, I 'ii manage just fine. " "But your rake is... more "Can you manage?" "Sure, I 'ii manage just fine. " "But your rake is in ruin, your bailer is broken and the part for your stacker is out of stock." "It's all right." "I know I'll manage." Well maybe he did, but chances are he was not able to do it while exercising good management. Getting by somehow, coping, is managing in some sense. But it is not what we are concerned with here. Instead, the present purpose is to investigate some of the principles and particulars of good management of private and public ranch land. More specifically, I shall begin to explore what might be called the ethics of ranch land management. Just what all falls under this heading can be understood more clearly by looking at the management process itself. The first task of managing private and public ranch lands is to identify and decide the relative merits of the goals we might pursue there. To do this we need two tests: one for deciding which goals are legitimate, worthwhile or justif'iable considered in and of themselves, and another for deciding which competing goals override others. Let me call these the tests of worthwhileness and relative merit. Having used these tests to identify the most important uses for our ranch lands we need to establish a way to monitor our progress toward those goals. Through this monitoring we should be able to minimize our opportunity costs, as the economists say. That is, by careful planning and by closely watching our activities we should be able to avoid practices that will limit the land's capacity to serve us in the pursui£ of our abiding goals. stating and defending these prioritizing and progress checking procedures are tasks in ethical theory. Foundational to any management activity are ways of telling what possible resource uses are worthwhile, which are most important, and when we are making efficient progress toward these goals. Ethical theory is concerned and able to pr ovide us with just such procedures.
... 1 / 1 Seleccione referencia / Select reference. Signatura : BJ52.5 B5. Autor : Blatz, Charles... more ... 1 / 1 Seleccione referencia / Select reference. Signatura : BJ52.5 B5. Autor : Blatz, Charles V. edit. Título : Ethics and agriculture; an anthology on current issues in world context /Charles Blatz. P. imprenta : Idaho : University of Idaho 674 p. ...
The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, 2011
Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, Mar 1, 1992
Page 1. Ethics, Ecology and Development: Styles of Ethics and Styles of Agriculture CHARLES V. BL... more Page 1. Ethics, Ecology and Development: Styles of Ethics and Styles of Agriculture CHARLES V. BLATZ Department of Philosophy University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606 USA Abstract This paper proposes to test the ethical ...
Educational Theory, Mar 1, 1989
This discussion seeks to further the understanding of critical thinking (CT) as applied reasoning... more This discussion seeks to further the understanding of critical thinking (CT) as applied reasoning. Heretofore this project has been impeded by our ignorance on two matters: how we are to understand, in general terms, the contexts in which critical thinking occurs and how general we should be in speaking of the principles and procedures of critical thinking. In what follows, I outline a view of the nature of CT contexts. Further, I identify several levels of generality at which we might speak about the principles and procedures of CT. These points are then brought to bear on matters concerning the mastery, assessment, and curricular place of CT. Further, and apparently because of these same deficiencies, we still have no
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Dec 1, 1999
First, economics stakes out a particular concept of the good and the right and abstractly traces ... more First, economics stakes out a particular concept of the good and the right and abstractly traces its implications for what we should do. The good for economics is, perhaps, the efficient (development and) use of scarce resources in the service of maximum productivity, that is, the good is economically rational behavior. With that much said, we need only models of the agent and the agent's systems of acquisition, modification, and distribution, as well as an abstract characterization of pertinent circumstances to prescribe, in detail, the economically rational course of action. Because the best end is given and the rational course deducible within the abstrac-
Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, 1997
Agriculture and Human Values, Sep 1, 1992
Page 1. The Very Idea of Sustainability I Charles V. Blatz Charles V. Blatz is Associate Professo... more Page 1. The Very Idea of Sustainability I Charles V. Blatz Charles V. Blatz is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at The University of Toledo (Ohio). He is a founding member of the International ...
In this pap notion of conductive argument. In the course of so doing I will address two key quest... more In this pap notion of conductive argument. In the course of so doing I will address two key questions: (1) Are conductive argument and reflective equilibrium best understood as modes of reasoning or types of argument? and (2) What relationship (logical, pragmatic, etc.), if any, is there between them?
Individuals and non-state groups have sought to challenge state sovereignty on many fronts. Repre... more Individuals and non-state groups have sought to challenge state sovereignty on many fronts. Representatives of commercial firms, indigenous cultures, minority religions and the disenfranchised have all insisted that their conduct and fortunes are not the business of states. Firms seek to escape environmental and other regulations. To accomplish this they often set-up shop in a foreign state forsaking a tradition of supporting the workers and infrastructure of their home country. The Mosquito Indians of Honduras and Nicaragua resist government-sponsored schemes to use resources the indians depend upon unless the government agrees to share in the proceeds of that development. In Chiapas, Mexico, Mayan Indian farmers stage an insurrection as Zapatistas in the name of land and reforms. In the United States, the Amish resist government demands that they use public schooling, preferring to maintain the separation of church and state in their own schools. In the former Yugoslavia, ethnic cleansing is the grizzly euphemism for a civil war that aims to acquire territory and consolidate sovereignty along ethnic and religious lines. South African people of color sought the end of apartheid and subsequent participation in the government of their country. Tutsi struggles for revenge turn into political revolution. On Vancouver Island, native peoples challenge both the provincial government and the most influential economic groups in the name of sustainable development and the sacredness of old growth forests around Clayoquot Sound.
ASA special publication, Oct 26, 2015
Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, Sep 1, 1991
Genetic engineering is permitted in the case of hogs, at least to the point of giving us a reason... more Genetic engineering is permitted in the case of hogs, at least to the point of giving us a reasonable model of production feasibility and impact, as long as doing so is part of the properly sustainable pursuit of a defensible ethical project. It is not permitted when undertaken frivolously or aimlessly, or even in the mere pursuit of academic tenure or satisfaction of our curiosity. But when is an ethical project defensible and when is its pursuit sustainable?
Moving from repression or tyranny toward the rule of law and reason is fraught with difficulties.... more Moving from repression or tyranny toward the rule of law and reason is fraught with difficulties. One question of transitional justice is whether those responsible for the horrors of the previous régime should be punished or whether those involved in the transition should travel a path toward forgiveness and unity. Within this article, it is urged that in the (re-)establishment of the rule of reason among all involved there is a commitment to peace as opposed to force. This commitment marks retribution and utilitarian punishment as incoherent and normatively indefensible. Resorting to punishment is the abandonment of reason, not its reinstatement. Indeed, the point can be generalized. Punishment, as resorting to force, is a move away from establishing or sustaining a framework of justification and its commitment to peace.
Agriculture and Human Values, Sep 1, 1984
"Can you manage?" "Sure, I 'ii manage just fine. " "But your rake is... more "Can you manage?" "Sure, I 'ii manage just fine. " "But your rake is in ruin, your bailer is broken and the part for your stacker is out of stock." "It's all right." "I know I'll manage." Well maybe he did, but chances are he was not able to do it while exercising good management. Getting by somehow, coping, is managing in some sense. But it is not what we are concerned with here. Instead, the present purpose is to investigate some of the principles and particulars of good management of private and public ranch land. More specifically, I shall begin to explore what might be called the ethics of ranch land management. Just what all falls under this heading can be understood more clearly by looking at the management process itself. The first task of managing private and public ranch lands is to identify and decide the relative merits of the goals we might pursue there. To do this we need two tests: one for deciding which goals are legitimate, worthwhile or justif'iable considered in and of themselves, and another for deciding which competing goals override others. Let me call these the tests of worthwhileness and relative merit. Having used these tests to identify the most important uses for our ranch lands we need to establish a way to monitor our progress toward those goals. Through this monitoring we should be able to minimize our opportunity costs, as the economists say. That is, by careful planning and by closely watching our activities we should be able to avoid practices that will limit the land's capacity to serve us in the pursui£ of our abiding goals. stating and defending these prioritizing and progress checking procedures are tasks in ethical theory. Foundational to any management activity are ways of telling what possible resource uses are worthwhile, which are most important, and when we are making efficient progress toward these goals. Ethical theory is concerned and able to pr ovide us with just such procedures.
... 1 / 1 Seleccione referencia / Select reference. Signatura : BJ52.5 B5. Autor : Blatz, Charles... more ... 1 / 1 Seleccione referencia / Select reference. Signatura : BJ52.5 B5. Autor : Blatz, Charles V. edit. Título : Ethics and agriculture; an anthology on current issues in world context /Charles Blatz. P. imprenta : Idaho : University of Idaho 674 p. ...
The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, 2011
Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, Mar 1, 1992
Page 1. Ethics, Ecology and Development: Styles of Ethics and Styles of Agriculture CHARLES V. BL... more Page 1. Ethics, Ecology and Development: Styles of Ethics and Styles of Agriculture CHARLES V. BLATZ Department of Philosophy University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606 USA Abstract This paper proposes to test the ethical ...
Educational Theory, Mar 1, 1989
This discussion seeks to further the understanding of critical thinking (CT) as applied reasoning... more This discussion seeks to further the understanding of critical thinking (CT) as applied reasoning. Heretofore this project has been impeded by our ignorance on two matters: how we are to understand, in general terms, the contexts in which critical thinking occurs and how general we should be in speaking of the principles and procedures of critical thinking. In what follows, I outline a view of the nature of CT contexts. Further, I identify several levels of generality at which we might speak about the principles and procedures of CT. These points are then brought to bear on matters concerning the mastery, assessment, and curricular place of CT. Further, and apparently because of these same deficiencies, we still have no
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Dec 1, 1999
First, economics stakes out a particular concept of the good and the right and abstractly traces ... more First, economics stakes out a particular concept of the good and the right and abstractly traces its implications for what we should do. The good for economics is, perhaps, the efficient (development and) use of scarce resources in the service of maximum productivity, that is, the good is economically rational behavior. With that much said, we need only models of the agent and the agent's systems of acquisition, modification, and distribution, as well as an abstract characterization of pertinent circumstances to prescribe, in detail, the economically rational course of action. Because the best end is given and the rational course deducible within the abstrac-
Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, 1997
Agriculture and Human Values, Sep 1, 1992
Page 1. The Very Idea of Sustainability I Charles V. Blatz Charles V. Blatz is Associate Professo... more Page 1. The Very Idea of Sustainability I Charles V. Blatz Charles V. Blatz is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at The University of Toledo (Ohio). He is a founding member of the International ...
In this pap notion of conductive argument. In the course of so doing I will address two key quest... more In this pap notion of conductive argument. In the course of so doing I will address two key questions: (1) Are conductive argument and reflective equilibrium best understood as modes of reasoning or types of argument? and (2) What relationship (logical, pragmatic, etc.), if any, is there between them?
Individuals and non-state groups have sought to challenge state sovereignty on many fronts. Repre... more Individuals and non-state groups have sought to challenge state sovereignty on many fronts. Representatives of commercial firms, indigenous cultures, minority religions and the disenfranchised have all insisted that their conduct and fortunes are not the business of states. Firms seek to escape environmental and other regulations. To accomplish this they often set-up shop in a foreign state forsaking a tradition of supporting the workers and infrastructure of their home country. The Mosquito Indians of Honduras and Nicaragua resist government-sponsored schemes to use resources the indians depend upon unless the government agrees to share in the proceeds of that development. In Chiapas, Mexico, Mayan Indian farmers stage an insurrection as Zapatistas in the name of land and reforms. In the United States, the Amish resist government demands that they use public schooling, preferring to maintain the separation of church and state in their own schools. In the former Yugoslavia, ethnic cleansing is the grizzly euphemism for a civil war that aims to acquire territory and consolidate sovereignty along ethnic and religious lines. South African people of color sought the end of apartheid and subsequent participation in the government of their country. Tutsi struggles for revenge turn into political revolution. On Vancouver Island, native peoples challenge both the provincial government and the most influential economic groups in the name of sustainable development and the sacredness of old growth forests around Clayoquot Sound.
ASA special publication, Oct 26, 2015
Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, Sep 1, 1991
Genetic engineering is permitted in the case of hogs, at least to the point of giving us a reason... more Genetic engineering is permitted in the case of hogs, at least to the point of giving us a reasonable model of production feasibility and impact, as long as doing so is part of the properly sustainable pursuit of a defensible ethical project. It is not permitted when undertaken frivolously or aimlessly, or even in the mere pursuit of academic tenure or satisfaction of our curiosity. But when is an ethical project defensible and when is its pursuit sustainable?