Gilberto, I wrote: >>>>What kind of reasoning process?<<<<
You replied: >>One example would be through some kind of deliberative process where we think >>about the consequences of having certain rules and what kind of society that >>would result in.<< A thought experiment. >>Sure but even apart from language, whatever you call them, certain kinds of >>actions will tend to have certain kinds of consequences.<< I am not sure what you mean by "certain kinds of actions." However, off the top of my head, I can think of many situations in which that would not be the case. When I went to Zaire, now the Republic of the Congo, it was normative for customs officials to beg for money. (They did it to me.) What would happen if a customs official did the same in the U.S. or Germany? Regards, Mark A. Foster • http://markfoster.net • [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
