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- From: mon@cray.com (Muriel Nelson)
- Subject: Re: Quote from ME
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.092542.15173@hemlock.cray.com>
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- References: <Bxvwop.M1x@access.digex.com> <shl2l14@zola.esd.sgi.com> <1992Nov19.155934.15998@panix.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 09:25:41 CST
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- In article <1992Nov19.155934.15998@panix.com> jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb) writes:
- >In <shl2l14@zola.esd.sgi.com> cj@eno.esd.sgi.com (C.J. Silverio) writes:
- >
- >>I would
- >>say, in fact, that the state shouldn't ever use "moral rights"
- >>as justication for laws. The state has no business making any
- >>statements about "morality".)
- >
- >What do you mean by this? It seems to me that judgements of good and
- >bad are a necessary part of all action. For example, if the state
- >does something to promote economic growth it does it because it thinks
- >economic growth is good. How can the state act at all without taking
- >positions on what things are good and what things are bad?
-
- Jim, you seem to have come down with one of the worst cases
- of Dualism I've ever seen. I recommend rest, frequent enemas,
- a high-fiber diet, and a course of study in Jain logic.
-
- muriel
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