(NHN) Aristotle's Presuppositions

One-page summary of Aristotle's view of human nature:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-politics/supplement2.html

(JP) 2-5-1, etc.

A nice collection of basic jazz chord voicings (including examples of voice leading and tension) from Berklee.

(EE) Taylor and EE

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy offers a brief summary of Taylor's contribution to the field:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-environmental/

(NHN) Correction: "Bubble Theory" not Engels'

The "bubble theory of human nature" I attributed to F. Engels today is in fact my reconstruction of something I read about 20 years ago in Norman Geras' Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend. Here's a recent post on the topic from his blog:

http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2007/09/the-denial-of-h.html

(AP) Frank's Place

A link to Frank Galuszka's homepage:

http://arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/fgaluszka/

(And, by the way, here's a link to an article on the "real price of gasoline.")

(AP) Third Trimester Abortion and Morality

I raised the issue of near-birth abortions on demand as an example of a clear-cut case in philosophy, somewhat akin to 1+1 = 2. Here's someone (a very good philosopher, in my view) who disagrees, but at a considerable price -- she is forced (for consistency's sake) to reject the personhood of newborns.

(EE) Palin and the Environment

Today's post from Common Dreams on Gov. Palin's (anti-) environmentalism.