Is the game manager a member of the herd? If not, what is he? If he is,
and minimizing the aggregate suffering of the herd involves culling,
does he cull himself? Logically yes and actually no? Is this not the
reappearance of what might be termed the fascist fallacy?
regards,
mark measday
Jay Hanson wrote:
> From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >> I agree with you Eva. In a different world, with different
> animals,
> >> Democracy would be geat.
> >
> > IF NOT US, WHO?
> > IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
>
> (a) The first step in successful problem solving is NOT having a
> hallucination ("vision") as is the current fashion. (Gee, I am in
> love with
> the idea of Democracy, so let's do it.)
>
> (b) The first step in successful problem solving IS to analyze the
> nature
> of the problem (ask any engineer or systems analyst).
>
> (c) With respect to politics among animals (believe-it-or-not,
> people are
> animals), think of it as a "game management" problem. The goal of the
> game
> manager is to minimize the aggregate suffering of the herd.
>
> If one can simply accept a, b, and c above, then one will have made
> more
> progress towards a sustainable and just future than anyone else has
> thus
> far.
>
> Jay
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