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
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"Silence.  I am watching television."  - Spider Jerusalem


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