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That said, I think there is a point to saying that materialists ought to be somewhat skeptical of any supposed a priori principles of practical reason. For my money, I think Hegel's critique of the universalizability version of the Categorical Imperative that Charles likes is quite powerful -- H regards universalizability as a merely negative and empty criterion. The version of the CI that appeals to me is the one that says that we are to treat people as ends, and not as means only. ^^^^ CB: I thought I said that was the aspect of CI that seems ok. Sort of "nothing human is alien to me". Yea,here it is. I said: "That's somebody else whose writing on Kant's categorical imperative. Is the idea of humans as ends in themselves alien to Marxism ? What is the idealist error in that. " Charles" ^^^^^ I think materialists can accept this without buying into the Kantian transcendental a priori apparatus or treating the imperative as "categorical" in Kant's sense, as a somehow absolute and self-validating principle of (practical) reason. ^^^^^^ CB: Right, just make it an _a posteriori_ conclusion , not _a priori_. It is not part of the structure of our brains, but historically derived from human experience. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
