It's time for our annual discussion on the futility of philosophy in university

[Asher]

This is a talk happening at the University of Waterloo soon by a Philosophy professor:

WICI Seminar - "Is our Concept of Moral Responsibility Newtonian? " by Karen Houle
abstract:

"Is our Concept of Moral Responsibility Newtonian?" Briefly, I argue
that while we have come to appreciate that certain issues facing us
today are genuinely complex, not merely complicated, we therefore need
to build and mobilize interventions, whether epidemiological,
architectural or economic, which are themselves sufficiently informed by
complexity and thus, able to "meet" their intended objects of concern.
We have not put as much time and effort into rethinking the basic
concepts with which we try to make normative judgments and
recommendations in and around those same complex issues. The conceptual
landscape of moral philosophy is oddly Newtonian. This is especially
true in the case of climate change and collective responsibility. I
discuss what features a concept of responsibility adequate to complex
issues needs to have.

What. the. ****.

Clearly our concept of moral responsibility is quite Einsteinian, and complex issues should be approached in a quantum manner.

[Japher]

Lets talk about it.

[Ben Kenobi]

"I don't collect art. I also don't collect whatever that is."

[Asher]

Lets talk about it.

What is there to be discuss? What is not obvious?

[Wiglaf]

Newton was the one who got hit with the apple was he not?

You cannot seriously judge this by the abstract only. Abstracts are never any good, I do not know who writes them, in my office we simply use keywords

[Harry Tuttle]

Newtonianism. Look it up. Has to do with the Enlightenment.

[Asher]

I refuse to believe Newton did anything but math and science. These are lies perpetrated by floozy arts majors.

[Wezil]

Classic example of "baffle them with bull****".

[Japher]

Lots of big words. I'm not even sure that last sentence is actually correct.

"I discuss what features a concept of responsibility adequate to complex
issues needs to have."

What?

[DaShi]

Einstein didn't totally buy into quantum theory. Moral responsibility is Eisteinian because it's relative. Har! Har!

[Zkribbler]

... complex issues should be approached in a quantum manner.

They already are . . . and aren't.

[Provost Harrison]

What a load of horse****.

[Elok]

I refuse to believe Newton did anything but math and science. These are lies perpetrated by floozy arts majors.

No, he also dabbled in alchemy, which is unfit to be called a science.

[Zkribbler]

No, he also dabbled in alchemy, which is unfit to be called a science.

However, alchemy did give birth to the science of chemistry.

[MrFun]

I'd rather not waste my time talking about your insane, unhinged hatred for liberal arts, Asher.