tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post2710295055457053526..comments2023-04-01T01:50:01.261-06:00Comments on eRenaissance: Once in HistoryGideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-91246625944828198092015-09-09T13:09:49.633-06:002015-09-09T13:09:49.633-06:00Nikkita's got an interesting point -- as toler...Nikkita's got an interesting point -- as tolerant as we in the West style ourselves, we still tend to judge everything based on a Christian system of morality. Are we still, somehow, better than those ancient explorers whose judgment we quickly condemn?<br /><br />Another question: suppose, given rapid advances in space technology, that we were able to observe a completely different planet inhabited by a civilization independent of ours. How would we handle differences between us and them? It's incredibly unlikely that they would have developed the same system of ethics and religion as Earth. I suggest that we might be just as shocked and repulsed as the Renaissance explorers.<br /><br />-Isaacan authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130738668938760821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-9033463518069197532015-09-09T10:30:00.575-06:002015-09-09T10:30:00.575-06:00I also was fascinated with Montaigne's use of ...I also was fascinated with Montaigne's use of cannibalism to critique society. He hits on a fascinating human reaction to anything foreign. Its hard to take in a social practice without understanding the society. Heriot described how the natives thought they were motherless Gods because no women traveled with them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380486972592426283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-35886306460254427892015-09-09T10:12:17.857-06:002015-09-09T10:12:17.857-06:00First of all, "When Europe tripped over Ameri...First of all, "When Europe tripped over America on its way to China" is how I will henceforth refer to the discovery of the Americas. Secondly, I don't think that we as a species are so aware that we accept foreign cultural differences without blinking an eye. I've seen students become just as angry over practices of head hunting in south east asia, or female genital mutilation in Africa. Nikkita Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06257913139378298134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-3911078119416495982015-09-09T09:05:34.567-06:002015-09-09T09:05:34.567-06:00I totally agree with your conclusion that now we h...I totally agree with your conclusion that now we have better ways of exploring and that it has definitely eased into our everyday. I think we are more accepting of differences and I'm glad we've progressed. Jazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264610928965210386noreply@blogger.com