"Anatomy of explanation"
Ian told me about this article last night, which critiques Why? by Charles Tilly.
It starts out interesting, when Gladwell outlines the four types of reasons people give.
It becomes brilliant when he ties it to restorative justice and relates the story of Anne and Anthony, a woman and the man who mugged her.
I've never come across anything that cuts to the heart of what restorative justice is all about so quickly and so powerfuly.
It starts out interesting, when Gladwell outlines the four types of reasons people give.
It becomes brilliant when he ties it to restorative justice and relates the story of Anne and Anthony, a woman and the man who mugged her.
I've never come across anything that cuts to the heart of what restorative justice is all about so quickly and so powerfuly.
Oh man, I'd forgotten about the restorative justice part, which is (I hasten to add) straight outta Spinoza. I wish I'd remembered that last night.
Posted by
Ian |
Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:39:00 p.m.
Out of Spinoza? How? I was only familiar with its roots in Native approaches to justice.
Posted by
Aaron Jacklin |
Friday, April 28, 2006 5:47:00 p.m.
You've asked me this in person, but for posterity's sake (ha ha), I'll mention it here to; in the Ethic, this sort of thing is pretty much what ol' Baruch was saying we should be doing.
Posted by
Ian |
Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10:00 p.m.