From: Rakesh Bhandari (bhandari@BERKELEY.EDU)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2006 - 09:32:48 EST
>I want to stres that I am very happy of this >compromise. I value very much Rakesh's >contributions, as well as Jerry's and his role >as coordinator. > >Point 2) seem to me the ABC of the ethics of >conversation, but weel, ok, let's repeat it .. To me that point is more like a a fabulated letter imposed on the real alphabet . To me there are other keys to the ethics of conversation--honest use of evidence, avoidance of straw men, open acceptance of the persuasive arguments and existence of interlocutors, concern that your positions will not needlessly injure in an ad hominem manner the deliberative capacities of the more vulnerable, recognition of the effects of the social and (in this case) academic field on the differential power of the conversants, an attempt to think through the very complicated relationship between emotion and logic, the provision of actual publically comprehensible reasons for one's judgements. Rakesh > >riccardo > >At 16:16 -0500 28-11-2006, ope-admin@RICARDO.ECN.WFU.EDU wrote: >>As a consequence of off-list exchanges, Rakesh agreed to the following: >> >>1) He --like all other subscribers -- will respect the list rule against >>flames, i.e. personal abuse. >> >>2) If any subscribers *explicitly* state (as I have done re Rakesh) that >>they do not wish to engage someone in discussion nor have that person >>refer to what they have written or even refer to them by name or innuendo, >>then the listmember will respect her/his/their wishes and not harass >>her/him/them. >> >>It is our hope that with the above agreement, our discussions can >>focus more on issues of substance rather than procedure. >> >>In solidarity, Jerry > > >-- >Riccardo Bellofiore >Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche >"Hyman P. Minsky" >Università di Bergamo >Via dei Caniana 2 >I-24127 Bergamo, Italy >e-mail: riccardo.bellofiore@unibg.it >direct +39-035-2052545 >secretary +39-035 2052501 >fax: +39 035 2052549 >homepage: http://www.unibg.it/pers/?riccardo.bellofiore
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