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Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 9:35amSanction this postReply
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Thank you, Richard.

I needed a concretized reminder that 'the moral is the rational.' It's one step removed from 'the moral is the practical', which is easier for me to remember -- for some reason.

On viewing this, I thought about a recent Richard Dawkins interview with NPR. Dawkins was talking about certainty and how there can be no moral certainty. He might as well have made the absolute statement that there can be no moral absolutes. He's a skeptic, bless his heart. He's not as smart as I am -- regarding morality, at least -- but he's a well-intentioned skeptic, nonetheless.

It would never occur to him that the moral is the rational.

Also, I really enjoy the story of Hellen Keller (the "Miracle Worker" story). Witnessing a mind gain its permanent roots is about as exhilarating an experience as a human being can have. Parents shriek in joy as their baby says her first words. The Miracle Worker story is that same thing in perhaps its strongest depicted form (in the history of art).

I've seen this before but, when Annie Sullivan screams: "She knows!" then I am brought to tears -- it never fails. I have tears in my eyes right now, for instance.

Thank you.

Ed



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