Re: MD Moral values and the election

From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 04:06:08 GMT

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    There is an old lifesaver story too:
     
    When a liberal sees a drowning man, he throws him a life preserver,
    but in
    his hurry to find someone else to rescue doesn't bother to tie it off
    to the
    shore, so the drowning man stays afloat but also adrift.

    When a conservative sees a drowning man, he ties the life preserver to
    the
    shore half a rope length short of the drowning man, then throws the
    life
    preserver out, requiring the drowning man to participate in his own
    rescue.

     
     
     
     
     

    Sam Norton <elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:Hi Mark SH,

    > "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises
    > in moral philosophy: that is the search for a superior moral
    > justification for selfishness."
    > - John Kenneth Galbraith

    Galbraith's quotation would seem to suggest that a modern conservative is selfish, with the various
    philosophies advanced to defend conservative points of view merely ideological cover for vested
    interests seeking to preserve the status quo. Is that actually what you believe?

    A couple of years ago we had a debate here about conservatism; I'd be interested in your views. The
    following are links to the archives which might be of interest.

    In this one I set out how I understand conservatism:
    http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/0209/0448.html
    that was then amplified in various discussions with DMB, this one being particularly full:
    http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/0210/0288.html
    This is a brief 'summa' on some relevant 'hot topics'.
    http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/1838.html

    And I've read a little Chomsky :-) although Deterring Democracy and Manufacturing Consent are still
    UNread sitting on my shelf awaiting that mythical 'spare moment'.

    Regards
    Sam

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