From: Wim Nusselder (wim.nusselder@antenna.nl)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 06:57:11 GMT
Dear Matt,
You wrote 23 Mar 2003 17:17:37 -0600:
'liberal philosophy hasn't stopped tyranny, liberal institutions have. I
follow Rorty in thinking that political philosophy is parasitic on politics
and that political philosophies are typically simply summaries of current
political intuitions.'
Couldn't it be that liberal philosophy is instrumental in creating and
maintaining liberal institutions? Couldn't political philosophy be BOTH
parasitic on politics (by 'going off on purposes of its own') AND necessary
to motivate people not to fall into more primitive social patterns of value?
With friendly greetings,
Wim
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