Whitehead and Dr. Leroy Little Bear both emphasize the ethical implications of interconnectedness. We have seen in this course that moral frameworks from the Age of Reason emphasize knowledge/reason, while alternatives (care ethics, ecological ethics, Indigenous ethics, Buddhist ethics, nonwestern ethics) emphasize wisdom. What is wisdom? The sciences of ecology and quantum physics tell us about interconnectedness, based on careful measurements (knowledge), but can this sense of interconnectedness be accessed through contemplative wisdom? Do we need an ethics grounded in wisdom? As a group do you think that, as individuals, we ever experience ethical interconnectedness that is metaphysical or part of "spirit"? Are the brain and the mind the same thing?

1. Whitehead and Dr. Leroy Little Bear both emphasize the ethical
implications of interconnectedness. We have seen in this course that
moral frameworks from the Age of Reason emphasize
knowledge/reason, while alternatives (care ethics, ecological ethics,
Indigenous ethics, Buddhist ethics, nonwestern ethics) emphasize
wisdom. What is wisdom? The sciences of ecology and quantum physics
tell us about interconnectedness, based on careful measurements
(knowledge), but can this sense of interconnectedness be accessed
through contemplative wisdom?
Do we need an ethics grounded in wisdom?
As a group do you think that, as individuals, we ever experience ethical
interconnectedness that is metaphysical or part of "spirit"? Are the brain
and the mind the same thing?