what??? How do you get "collectivist thought" out of a summary of a dead philosopher's writing?? I didn't even say I agreed with him (or her) and am at a loss to see how you get collectivism out of it in the first place.
McCarthyism Alert on Tim. Dana Heald, Tim writes: > This is one of those times when I think you don't see what the sum result of > your own beliefs is. I believe there is more of collectivist thought in you > than you realize. > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > > > Mill's and Bentham's writing on utilitarianism claim that > > > when you work for yourself and your own happiness, your truly > > > working for "society" or the community. > > Actually, I think it was the other way around. I have not read Bentham but > Mills said that altruistic acts in fact provide the doer with utility, such > as good feelings about himself. Assuming that it was Mills that wrote > Utilitarianism; a lot of people seem to think it was his wife. > > > > liberal at times (I may be getting confused, I think Dana and > > > Larry are the only ones that I really have pegged at this > > > point.). > > Not based on that summary of my alleged beliefs the other day you dont :) > > Cheers, > Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
