On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Sabri is not only quite correct here but his point is politically > crucial. Moral judgments have the same political weakness as do conspiracy > theories: they completely change the focus of debate from capitalist > relations and capitalist ideology to debates over invisible motives. Debates > over motives smother politics under endless nonsense. >
I don't understand this. When a rich guy lobbies a politician for a tax cut, what exactly is invisible about his motive? Just because there are some grey areas, we do not need to completely give up on objective judgment. And what is wrong with moral judgment? If not based on moral judgment, what do you have against capitalism anyway? That it offends your aesthetic sensibilities? -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
