{"id":1838,"date":"2010-03-13T09:58:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2010-03-13T09:58:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T14:58:15","slug":"cornell-ever-heard-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=1838","title":{"rendered":"Cornell, ever heard of it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thankfully Cornell University's very excellent philosophy program is off the hook for the following travesty<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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As I approach my 10-year college reunion, it's clear that I missed a few classes that would have proved helpful.<\/p>\n

Those classes include "Leadership and Ethics" and "Ethical Theory," offered by the Program on Ethics and Public Life at my alma mater, Cornell University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See, I'm certain that at some point those classes would have covered the issue I've been grappling with recently, in which case I'd be able to tell you what Plato<\/a> and Aristotle said about it. Maimonides<\/a> and Thomas Aquinas<\/a>, too. I bet you Hobbes and Locke have really super advice on this one. And you just know Ayn Rand<\/a> would be all over it.<\/p>\n

Alas, I chose to commune with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/a> of the art history department instead – Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael. So to sort through my philosophical conundrum, I will enlist your help.<\/p>\n

With President Obama<\/a> making his final push for health care reform, I ask you to consider the following "If, Then" theorem: If our health is the President's business, then the President's health should be our business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What follows is a series of ad hominem tu quoques.  For instance:<\/p>\n

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* The President's push for health care is disingenuous.<\/p>\n

In June 2009, he called the sweeping tobacco legislation that he passed "a victory for health care reform" and "a step that will save lives and dollars." Whether Obama's main interest in passing health care reform in America<\/a> is to save lives or save dollars – and it has been both over the past year – one could argue that a President who smokes isn't really doing much of either<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One could<\/strong> argue that, but one would be wrong.  Perhaps she should have taken a logic class as well.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of the guys at Sadly, No!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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