tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194361583586198576.post361220590796012520..comments2023-10-29T03:00:35.349-07:00Comments on The Conscience Pudding: 1763: Reading about it is nice, but I wouldn't want to visit.Watoosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14532321360262510965noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194361583586198576.post-19564075152521537342009-09-13T15:17:54.993-07:002009-09-13T15:17:54.993-07:00Felix, I'm glad you enjoyed Gideon.
My husband...Felix, I'm glad you enjoyed Gideon.<br />My husband the philosopher has told me about the Foot's Trolley argument, so I'm actually familiar with that one!<br />I'd be very interested to hear what your 12/13-year-old think about Gideon.Watoosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532321360262510965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194361583586198576.post-18831393207398566772009-09-13T13:28:29.951-07:002009-09-13T13:28:29.951-07:00Today I've read Gideon.
I have a couple more ...Today I've read <i>Gideon</i>.<br /><br />I have a couple more reservatons that you, on top of the one about dysentery (and as someone who has, working in Africa, suffered dysentery more than once, I do feel that one!)... but it was nevertheless an excellent read and totally engrossing.<br /><br />As with all the best young people's fiction, it presents questions – moral, philosophical and scientific. I intend to use several passages from it with a group of 12/13 year olds in a session later this week.<br /><br />I've also been sucked straight on to read the first thirty pages of <i>The tar man</i>, and that one is (so far) even more involving. It also continues the active questioning. The conversation in which Drs Dyer and Piretti discuss whether or not the rescue of Peter can be weighed against harm to the human race is a wonderful statement of the "Foot's trolley" thought experiment. On to the rest of the book tomorrow... and roll on paperback publication of <i>Timequake</i>.<br /><br />Thank you for the recommendation!Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179787011325615414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194361583586198576.post-88589784665792318132009-08-30T15:32:57.092-07:002009-08-30T15:32:57.092-07:00OK ... ordered both Gideon and The tar man!
On ti...OK ... ordered both <i>Gideon</i> and <i>The tar man</i>!<br /><br />On title changes as a book crosses the Atlantic (in either direction): I agree. It seems condescending.Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179787011325615414noreply@blogger.com