Ron: > Ham, > I guess what I have difficulty in understanding is that how > people who are devoute individualists reject multiculturalism. > It seems to me be a bit of a conflict of intrest. > > "Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, or social > outlook that > stresses independence and self-reliance. Individualists promote the > exercise > of one's goals and desires, while opposing most external interference upon > one's choices, whether by society, the state, or any other group or > institution. > Individualism is opposed to collectivism or statism, which stress that > communal, > community, group, societal, or national goals should take priority over > individual > goals. Individualism is also opposed to any tradition, religion, or other > form of > external moral standard being used to limit an individual's choice of > actions."
To add my two cents: Individualism as defined above describes the intellectual level of the MOQ that rejects external influence by social patterns such as the "society, the state, or any other group or institution." Intellect champions "objectivity," i.e., freedom from political correctness. That's why I often refer to the intellectual level as the individual level. A society that supports individualism by providing guaranteed protections of free speech, private property, free enterprise, etc. is morally superior to a society that supports collectivism or statism. Multiculturism allows no such distinction. Platt 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/
