Så starter min "skole" snart. Nærmere bestemt på tirsdag. I kan læse kursusbeskrivelsen nedenfor. Jeg glæder mig rigtig meget. Som I kan læse, omhandler kurset John Rawls - som er den filosof man IKKE kommer udenom, hvis man studerer emner vedrørende retfærdighed.

HSP 711M Visiting Professor's Seminar: Luck, talent and desert

Instructor: Olli Loukola, University of Helsinki

The starting point of this seminar is a view stated by John Rawls in his

Theory of Justice (1971), who said that, since our natural talents are the

outcome of a natural lottery, "no one deserves his greater natural

capacities", and because of this, we are "to regard the distribution of

natural talents as a common asset and to share in the benefits of this

distribution whatever it turns out to be". This conception has brought luck

into the center stage of discussions of justice over the past 30 years, and

has had a permanent effect on egalitarian thinking, especially when

theorizing equality of opportunity and of resources. Such theories are in

important ways built on our ethical intuitions concerning desert and merit,

and praise and blame, which take us first back into the history of

philosophy and to the question whether natural talents are somehow deserved,

that is, whether we can be blamed or praised for possessing them, whether

their possession is voluntary or involuntary, or even whether they amount to

something like moral virtues ("excellences").

Secondly, these issues will be deepened through an investigation into the

concept of natural talent itself, with questions such as: What are natural

talents? Are they illusions and mere results of education and training?

Can one be obligated to develop one’s talents? Are certain kinds of talents

more bound up in ethical concerns than other kinds? Thirdly, the central

role of natural talents and "high abilities" (i.e. blends of intelligence,

giftedness, talent, and creativity) will be discussed within educational

theory, especially in moral education, and educational equality.

Taught in English on an intensive basis (6 hours per week) in the period 9,

September - 4 October, 2013.

Og så er der billeder....

-billeder siger i visse tilfælde mere end ord, synes jeg. Så derfor alle disse billeder.

Middag med søde piger; Kirstin, Diana og Ida

Dette er mit køkken, som jeg deler med tre andre.

PANDEKAGE-AFTEN

Hollandske Irne og franske Tania laver henholdsvis hollandske og franske pandekager (ikke crêpes, men en grovere model, som jeg nu har glemt navnet på)

Pandekage-orgie

Jakob (Finland), Anna (Finland), Laura (Tyskland) og Kirstin (Skotland)

Elina (Finland)

Lækker pasta - og Katrine og Sidse

Improviseret italiansk pasta

Sidse havde taget salat med fra køkkenhaven

Laura og Kirstin mingler i vores gang

Liv i køkkenet

Mit skrivebord gennem gik en transformation og blev et bordtennisbord

Jonas og jeg

Seriøs match

Sidse spiller bordtennis

Studere, studere.... med Ellen 

Fredag aften med madlavning og hygge

Der laves grøntssags-lasagne, Inga

Masser af lækker lasagne

Alex, Ellen og Kirstin

Fællesspisning med dejlige mennesker på en fredag

Kirstin, Fie og Ida

Maarit havde bagt en lækker kage