Tim said:
...How is one to judge a totalitarian ideology? It is an intellectual
conception. Whatever the intellect will inform society about will have a
societal flavor, but a totalitarian ideology is an intellectual idea. It is
difficult for me to imagine some absolute truth answering: false! [AND]
Let me start with another example. Murder. If we can ask, intellectually, is
murder moral or immoral? Is Murder high quality or low quality? Let us not
look at the margins for the moment, but at the center, think of the the murder
of a nice, well-behaved child... playing in the park one fine, summer
afternoon. The murderer might argue that he should be free "from" restriction
in this regard; the universe values freedom, you should not put this barrier
before me; the universe is more interesting if I can murder at my whim, and
that is why I was able to do it; if reality wanted to prevent me, it would have
done so; there are plenty of possibilities that life has denied me: I can't fly
like a bird, or hold my breath like a while, etc. and etc. This is a very
intellectual argument; I don't think that there can be a doubt about that much.
... Does freedom pick not-murder over murder?
dmb says:
Totalitarian ideology and murdering a "nice, well-behaved child" are
intellectual? You can't be serious.
What in the world is going on around here? Am I just having a nightmare or is
this really happening?
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