‹ Sen, The Idea of Justice (Chapter 7, “Position, Relevance, and Illusion”) •
Dear Public Reasoners,
As some of you may have noticed already, the comment for chapter 8 has not been posted yet. I regret that I did not notice this myself until today (I have been preoccupied with some unexpected difficulties over the past month, which have made my visits to this blog rather sporadic).
In addition, the commentator for chapter 12 has had to withdraw from the group. Please contact me if you are interested in stepping in and commenting on chapter 12 (which is scheduled to be posted on May 17).
My own view is that we should continue on schedule despite these developments. Consequently, if possible, the comment on chapter 9 should be posted on Monday (April 26). If the comment on chapter 8 is posted later, that should be fine.
Likewise, if no one can comment on chapter 12, then that simply will be one week in which there is, well, no comment. (This would be somewhat unfortunate, I think, as the chapter looks quite interesting. Normally I would be happy to write the comment myself, but my schedule in May is simply too hectic to make this commitment.)
I hope that this strategy strikes people as reasonable. Such glitches are pretty much inevitable, I suspect, in a reading group like this, and I would regret if the project did not continue more-or-less intact because of them. Please let me know if you think there are any problems with this approach.
Many thanks for your patience and participation.
Blain
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1 - Saturday, 24 April 2010 at 11:55 pm
Blain Neufeld
I’m very grateful to Leslie Fancis (Utah) for agreeing to comment on Chapter 12. Thanks as well to Kristina Meshelski (Virginia) for also volunteering (only one hour after Leslie).