T.David Marshall: Jul 20, 2007

Friday, July 20, 2007

The Quebec side of things, Ottawa River, July 2007

This is what we saw from the front of the canoe - not bad for a sunny afternoon, don't you think? (Photo by Ian Clark)

Nightfall on the Ottawa River, July 2007

Just before rock and sky become one, transformed by the night...(Photo by Ian Clark)

looking back

Keeshia and I looking back at the route we had just taken - isn't the view just about perfect? (Photo by Ian Clark)

The view from Camp Alfa

So, this is where we set in for the night - on the Ottawa just south of Deep River. The river was beautiful, with mountains hugging the banks most of the way to Petawawa. (Photo by Tom Marshall)

Janey and Dave On the Ottawa River, July 2007

We didnt run this Class IV, but we did spend the rest of the day running Class II and Class III rapids. (Photo by Ian Clark)

Being under this ice fall to get this photo took some planning. Everything was covered in ice and the day had been warmer than usual. Everything was starting to melt and come apart - but I survived. (Photo by Tom Marshall)

To do Good, to Right Wrong, to Serve Man

If those who owed nothing gave nothing, how poor the world would be.

My core interests, and the vast majority of my writing and reading, revolve around the study of ethics, political philosophy and law.

ABOUT ME:

I have lived in Cayuga Ontario, Toronto, Ottawa, Yellowknife NWT, Boston (US), Shanghai (PRC), Sheffield (UK)

I received a BA in Political Science from the University of Waterloo; BA in Law from Carleton University, Certificate in Intermediate Chinese (Mandarin) from Hua Dong Shifen University, Credit in Political Science from Harvard University, LLB from Sheffield Hallam University, and LLM from the University of Ottawa.

I am a member of the Ontario Bar, Brant Law Association, Hamilton Law Association, and Canadian Bar Association

I lecture on Ethics and the importance of "Active Citizenship"

Board Member of Haldimand Community Living, the Heritage Haldimand Committee

Vice-Chair of Heritage Haldimand Committee

My core interests are Political Philosophy, Law, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Education. My specific areas of interest are legal and political obligation, legal duty, moral and ethical duty and responsibility, and social and political structuralism

My favourite writers are John Stuart Mill, Henry David Thoreau, Plato, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, John Rawls, Isaiah Berlin, Hanna Pitkin, Ghandi, Jean Jacques Rousseau, David Hume and Michael Sandel.

My favourite quote: "Kindness above all" - T. David Marshall (Sr.)., my father, mentor, guide, counsel, and friend.

The vast majority of writings here would not have been possible without his considered guidance, direction, and (before his passing) editing. Thanks to mom and dad.

And last (but not least): Pilot; Occasional Writer; Avid Canoeist and Camper; Photographer; Traveller, brother, son, father, husband and friend.

Recent Books

What Money Can't Buy, the Moral Limits of Markets, by Michael Sandel
Jean J. Rousseau's "Emile"
Judicial Conduct and Accountability, T. David Marshall (Sr.)
The Story of Philosophy, by Wil Durant
Henry David Thoreau's Walden
Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man"
Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and the Rights of Man
Readings in Social and Political Thought
The Federalist Papers
John Stuart Mill's "Utilitarianism"
Criminal Law in 1962
Origins of inequality, by Jean J. Rousseau
Justice as Fairness, by John Rawls