Where is the dog?

Being nice Some moral philosophers talk about words having "thick" and "thin" moral meanings. Bernard Williams (guest starring in Dog blog 6 - multi-dimensional morality ) used to talk about that sort of thing. The thin (and thick) of it Thin words are words like "good", "right" or "ought" . They can very slippery. Like one of the Dog's squeaky toys (see Dog blog 10 - plugging in ) if the Dog left it outside in the rain. And maybe on the grass too - very slippery indeed. Not a lot sticks to a toy like that, and different Dogs can mean different things when they get one of those in their mouths. Ought Take "ought" for example. That can mean a lot of different things. Here's an interesting talk by Judith Thomson on some of them: Judith also talks about toasters. And, importantly, Dogs get a mention too. Thick words Thick words are much much stickier. Just like m...