Comments on: Justice, Episode 10 http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/12/justice-episode-10/ Asian American Intellectualism, Activism, and Literature Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:10:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: American Girl http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/12/justice-episode-10/#comment-3482 American Girl Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:44:44 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=3540#comment-3482 I have to be honest, I've watched this episode three times and I am having a difficult time processing it, so I am not ready to comment. I need more time to contemplate Aristotle. I have to be honest, I’ve watched this episode three times and I am having a difficult time processing it, so I am not ready to comment. I need more time to contemplate Aristotle.

]]> By: jaehwan http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/12/justice-episode-10/#comment-3481 jaehwan Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:51:52 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=3540#comment-3481 This was straight up about my Talent post! I love how he said that debates about purpose and telos were often about honor. Perhaps that's the driving force behind why people should use their talent. The whole point about cultivating character through the polis isn't something that would fly in today's multi-culti world, but who knows? Maybe someday we'll all come together. I LOVED what he said about the polis, and how people cultivate themselves through practice. It's like that with anything. You can't be a great guitarist without playing a band, you can't be a great blogger without having a place to blog, and you can't be a great activist without getting active. You can't be a great fighter by only practicing kata. This is also "talent" related. You can't develop talent without exposing it to the world. I'm also thinking that maybe "Talent" could also be about contribution. In that parable, the last slave simply doesn't contribute. Even if slaves one and two horded their money, people could still say that they contributed by serving as role models. My short notes: debates about purpose and telos = debates about honor aristotle purpose is about cultivating character good life only fulfill human capacities in polis, use language virtue acquired only through practice reminds me of mma golf games solely for amusement? honor? if justice is about fit, does it leave room for justice? Mary Kate contribution This was straight up about my Talent post! I love how he said that debates about purpose and telos were often about honor. Perhaps that’s the driving force behind why people should use their talent. The whole point about cultivating character through the polis isn’t something that would fly in today’s multi-culti world, but who knows? Maybe someday we’ll all come together.

I LOVED what he said about the polis, and how people cultivate themselves through practice. It’s like that with anything. You can’t be a great guitarist without playing a band, you can’t be a great blogger without having a place to blog, and you can’t be a great activist without getting active. You can’t be a great fighter by only practicing kata. This is also “talent” related. You can’t develop talent without exposing it to the world.

I’m also thinking that maybe “Talent” could also be about contribution. In that parable, the last slave simply doesn’t contribute. Even if slaves one and two horded their money, people could still say that they contributed by serving as role models.

My short notes:

debates about purpose and telos = debates about honor
aristotle purpose is about cultivating character
good life
only fulfill human capacities in polis, use language

virtue acquired only through practice
reminds me of mma
golf

games solely for amusement? honor?

if justice is about fit, does it leave room for justice?

Mary Kate
contribution

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