While I'm taking a break from my time-devouring Ireland blog posts (seriously, it takes hours to go through all the photos!), I thought I'd let you know how my regular, non-travel life is going. :-)
This week and last were work weeks. Back to school, back to studying. I'm working on a paper proposal for a philosophy class on the morality of climate politics. Should we pursue large-scale climate mitigation policies, but transfer the cost to future generations? The whole subject can get a little thorny when you try to reconcile rights that living generations have with the rights of future people. Thoughts?
I got into the geo-lab last week and did some work on digitizing a topo map. A Russian map of Turkish terrain. Don't ask me why. But it's really exciting to be back working with ArcGIS again!
On Saturday, E, P, and I checked out a Greek restaurant. I got Moussaka, an eggplant casserole that was SO delicious. But the portion was too generous for my stomach...;-)
Over the weekend, I compulsively watched the "Little Dorrit" miniseries armed with pomegranate and chocolate. (But not together. Though I'm sure Zotter could whip up a delectable combination. :-) The BBC sure knows how to take complete control of your life for a few days..."Pride and Prejudice", anyone? :D
Orchestra Monday (Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky!), Pub Quiz Tuesday. Full day of classes tomorrow, but on Thursday, I'm taking a back-stage tour of the opera house!
I would try to focus on the freedom of choice, how a lack of freedom of choice of future generations because of decisions made in the present is a basic issue of all intergenerational ethics, especially in the context of climate. Although that could get difficult because our society accepts many forms of politics that take away the freedom of choice of future generations and it stands to reason that in the end there is no way to fully avoid that.
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