Marvin wrote: > I have to admit it made me giggle a bit to see Kagan's analysis of USA > power-based morality vs. EU powerlessness-based morality mirror exactly > Nietzsche's theory of master vs. slave moralities (in a very specific and > limited context, to be sure). The fact that he takes this psychological > cause-and-effect relationship between power and moral convictions for > granted gives my blackened cinder of a heart a cheap thrill. > > On the whole I thought it was a decent article, but it seemed to me to > need more than just a wistful "[maybe] a little common understanding could > still go a long way," at the end. How about some recommendations about > how to foster that understanding and leverage it in the wider world for > the good of those people each side believes it is called to aid, each in > its own way?
I knew he couldn't keep out of a debate that touched on philosophy! How long did you hold out, Marvin? A week? ;) Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
