Jim Devine wrote:
But isn't Kant's categorical imperative simply an academicized version of
the golden rule, something that appears in the Bible (doesn't it?)
And Carrol to Jim:
In general, while I admit the need for personal ethics among workers,
attempts to delineate a system of ethics in
Kant wrote in "Fundamentals for the Metaphysics of Morals": "A third finds
in himself a talent which with the help of some culture might make him a
useful man in many respects. But he finds himself in comfortable
circumstances and prefers to indulge in pleasure rather than to take pains
in
Peter Dorman wrote:
By going back to the 18th c. we are adding new layers to the question.
Mozart did not have strong political views in the conventional sense,
although he clearly identified with the main themes of the enlightenment
(much trashed on this list). Within the confines of a
One can't sign away one's autonomy- as you put it. As I understand it, autonomy is part
of
what makes a human a human. By the way someone posted a note that Kant though his
philosophy does not apply to women. Is there a reference for that? I know that he did
not
think that women were suited for
New York Times
July 10, 1999
James Farmer, Civil Rights Giant in the
50's and 60's, Is Dead at 79
By RICHARD SEVERO
James Farmer, a principal founder of the Congress of Racial Equality
and the last survivor of the "Big Four" who shaped the civil-rights
struggle in the United States in the
It's surprising to me that Krugman would be so ridiculously snobby toward
the Genuine Progress Indicator. When he and I were at Yale (or shortly
before that), Tobin and Nordhaus came out with the first academic effort to
cook up an alternative to GDP as a "progress indicator." I heard about it
Is there some rule of thumb which sates how many dollars the tax harvest
falls for each $billion decline in GDP?
Thank you
Frank
Yoshie writes:
A reactionary element of Christianity indeed lives on in the Kantian morality.
Kant wrote in "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals": "it is
a duty to maintain one's life; and, in addition, everyone has also a direct
inclination to do so. But on this account the
You can find a discussion in CBO's Economic and Budget Review,
published every January, free on their web site. Has a chapter,
the economy's effect on the budget.
mbs
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On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
*Pain* is the one feeling that confirms morality for Kant; other feelings,
especially pleasures, negate it.
Though Kant also has a subterranean utopian side, e.g. the theme of
Glueckseligkeit (bliss) in Critique of Practical Reason, which keeps
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Peter Dorman wrote:
well known for it. But viewing the strings as the proletarians of the
ensemble is just strange. The violin, after all, was seen as the most
expressive of all instruments with the longest history of virtuoso
performance.
Eh? Class identity isn't
David Bruce wrote:
And for anyone else who looks on the Marseillaise as "revolutionary music",
remember that, in north Africa especially, it is seen as an oppressive icon of
French imperialism, as bloody a symbol of butchery as the Union Jack flag.
If you have ever seen French military
Is there some rule of thumb which sates how many dollars the tax harvest
falls for each $billion decline in GDP?
Thank you
Frank
Thirty cents on the dollar--$300,000,000 for a $1 billion decline.
Brad DeLong
Aside from the purely economic aspect (larger orchestras, instruments
redesigned for greater power), what is striking as one travels the 19th
century from Beethoven to Wagner is the growing prominence of the bass.
String bass, bass horns, musicians bellowing at the bottom end of their
register.
Jim Devine wrote:
It's surprising to me that Krugman would be so ridiculously snobby toward
the Genuine Progress Indicator. When he and I were at Yale (or shortly
before that), Tobin and Nordhaus came out with the first academic effort to
cook up an alternative to GDP as a "progress
Another side to this is the utter indefensibility of using GDP as an index of
"social welfare", a point that any self-respecting neoclassical (including the
highly self-respecting Paul K) should agree to. The conditions that would have
to be fulfilled in order for GDP to do this even tolerably
Departing aid chief scolds US on its global role
By John Donnelly, Globe Staff, 07/09/99
WASHINGTON - From J. Brian Atwood's perspective, two numbers out of
Washington are combining to send a dangerous message to the world: The
Clinton administration's forecast of a $1 trillion budget surplus
A couple of days ago, I mentioned the fact that US Representative Richard
Gephardt (House Minority Leader) had appointed Salam Al-Marayati, director
of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, to the Congressional "National
Commission on Terrorism." Well, in response to protests by the Zionist
Peter Dorman wrote:
in my opinion, Hans Werner
Henze's Raft of the Medusa will be listened to for a long time to come.
(People who care about political art owe it to themselves to check this
one out.)
Yes, not to mention the recording of his 6 symphonies on DG with Henze
himself conducting
Swift lives in SA, specifically Durban, and his name is Ashwin Desai.
You can tell from the post below (a reprint of Ashwin's Natal
Mercury newspaper column, which arrived on our `debate' SA email
listserve--contact me off-list for sub info if you like--after I
reposted the satire by Rob
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