Doug wrote: > As is always the case with these debates, > I can't resist the urge to ask - so what? > Why is the value controversy so important? > Why is it so important for Justin to reject > it and Rakesh to defend it?
This is highly correlated with the question I was asking to myself Doug: What is the purpose of this debate? Here is my purpose: My purpose is to help change the world, for myself and all the rest, for the "better", where I leave "better" undefined. And I want this because what I observe is awful. Also, as Khauldun had observed on WSN a while ago, I want to help change the world not because I read the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engles but because I know that I am and majority of the rest are screwed up by the system. I also know that to help change it, I need to understand it "well" (which I also leave vague). So I would have liked it more if the participants relate this theoretical debate to its implications for changing the world. Lastly, I know that I cannot change the world alone. Best, Sabri
