27 December 2006
The Christmas Meal Pictures are now in the RPE Photo Album. (more photos please if you have them)(see the ‘Links’ section) – enjoy – Dave. Or click: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58244916@N00/ Note: Due to a blog upgrade (like the new look?),…
24 December 2006
Hope you all have a great Christmas, winterval, etc – But if it is Christmas day – why are you on the internet?See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6200383.stm to ponder whether you ought to be… Dave
16 December 2006
Thanks to Jason (level 2) for this link to a Christian computer game story – in which you have to convert or kill the heathens… Not believe me? Click http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/12/MNG8TMU1KQ1.DTL to read about it.. Dave
14 December 2006
Hi – quick post: I am in the process of organising a Flickr book for the course: this is an on-line photo album for pics from various events, trips, etc.. I will put the images into folders, etc…
12 December 2006
As some of you are still frantic looking for examples of bad arguments – I thought a bit of compassion may be in order: take a look at http://www.fallacyfiles.org/examples.html for help: but be sure to properly reference any…
8 December 2006
As the tabloid press starts its usual festive hysteria over the “PC brigade” banning Christmas (see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=421213&in_page_id=1770 ) – is this accurate? – the Guardian offers another view – that this is a ‘phoney war’: http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1967368,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11 The National…
6 December 2006
Philosopher Peter Singer has been in the news again. While most well-known for his advocacy of animal rights, he has surprised many by claming that some animal testing may be justified. While some animals rights campaigners may be…
5 December 2006
See update at: http://r-p-e.blogspot.com/2007/03/ethics-in-ones-who-walk-away-from.html as well… – esp for discussion of the story in more detail.. Note: If you are a student looking at this to help with a paper/essay on the Omelas short story – that is…
4 December 2006
NEWSFLASH: The Christmas RPE Student meal is booked: It will be at the Balti on the Bath Road at 6pm on Wednesday 13th December. However – they do need some idea of numbers – so let the student…