March 22, 2010

Freedom is productive and generative. Slavery is not. Authority in a just society intervenes, therefore, only when the subject cannot, even upon completion of the act, perceive the harm done to oneself or when one is inhibiting the freedom of others. Immanuel Kant offered a morality based on honor. Jeremy Bentham and then John Stuart […]

I was asked recently whether The Lost Tools of Writing can be used for literary analysis. The answer is a whole-hearted yes, LTW can be used for Literary analysis. But be careful. Analysis should follow, not precede, living interaction. Therefore, properly speaking, one of the things LTW does very effectively is TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO