Re: MD Quality and the Nuremberg-Tokyo Tribunals

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Apr 30 2005 - 15:58:06 BST

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    Hi Anthony

    > Ant McWatt comments:
    >
    > I don’t see why a pragmatist philosophy would need even any justification
    > to discuss any political issue. For instance, I think what Platt writes
    > about is largely regurgitated pernicious Fox propaganda but at least he
    > still realises that politics is closely related to the important political
    > values analysed by philosophy.

    I think Anthony's political views are largely regurgitated pernicious BBC
    propaganda, but agree that philosophy and politics are legitimate
    bedfellows.

    > The attempt to deny the close relationship between philosophy and politics
    > is a misguided project to re-define philosophy on MOQ Discuss to make it an
    > insipid talking shop of the Anglo-American (whitish) middle classes. If
    > you don’t like Plato’s understanding of it or think Pirsig’s pragmatist
    > project of improving the American legal system is a non-starter, then maybe
    > you should consider joining some other Discussion group looking at
    > post-modernism or some other ostrich creating ideology.

    Couldn't agree more, especially about your nutshell description of post-
    modernism, a la Fish and Rorty.

    Best,
    Platt

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