So, who do I think I am teaching an Ethics Course?
Or my very dubious qualifications.
Way back in Undergraduate School at SUNY Albany and at Trinity College in Dublin, I was a Religion Minor, in addition to my Latin Major.
Religion was a hellish romp through seemingly endless philosophy courses. Ethics was very much the property of the philosopher before individual Codes of Ethics worked their way into professional bodies.
Latin, unbeknownst to the unsuspecting, is not just the study of a language. Rhetoric, ethics and logic factor into the teaching since translations would not make a terrible lot of sense without a grounding in history.
Paradoxically, I was a member of both the Theological and the Philosophy Societies at Trinity College in Dublin.
Finally, and most importantly, Janet Eckert, whose moral fibre and professional judgment are clearly superior to mine own, saw a copy of the ALA 1939 Code of Ethics on the wall at my Library. We chatted for a bit and then she invited me to give a workshop on the subject. I have a very hard time saying "No" to anyone at WMRLS, so I agreed to it.
Adding insult to injury, I blabbed about the former conversation at a meeting of the Western Massachusetts Library Club. Those fine folks wanted to sign on, and the rest is history.
Which brings us nicely to...
Background image swiped from Paul Bourke "Texture, colour"
He retains rights, but you can read his copyright stuff here.
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/texture_colour
Antinoos image is credited to Jastrow and is in the public domain over at Wikipedia.
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