Peter replied to Platt: It seems completely inane to me to say that intellect has no role in determining what is good.
After Platt said: "What is the role of intellect in determining what is good?" My answer: "None." dmb says: There is a reason it seems inane. What if we're trying to determine the goodness of something intellectual, something like a philosophy? Wouldn't intellect play a role there? A purely rational assessment isn't really possible and we shouldn't try even if it were. There's always has to be more than just cold logic going on, but to say that intellect plays no role is just silly. I think this position is a reflection of Platt's right-wing anti-intellectualism rather than the MOQ. _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
