Paddy Hackett
Hi Charles
Your last reply would suggest that you now share my view concerning the
nature of humans. This view is that they form a constituent part of nature
just as much as elephants, crows and chimps. This means that homo sapiens
adds nothing qualitatively different to reality
Hi Charles
Your last reply would suggest that you now share my view concerning the
nature of humans. This view is that they form a constituent part of nature
just as much as elephants, crows and chimps. This means that homo sapiens
adds nothing qualitatively different to reality despite the
Hi Charles
Below is a rather hastily written reply to you last contribution. Sorry for
the delay I have been otherwise engaged.
Expressing a point of view is not the definition of idealism. To have
posited language as opposed to point of view would have proven a better
starting point. It is
On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:42:02 +0100 Paddy Hackett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
CB: We can claim that we are the center of the universe FOR US, yes.
Consequently to suggest that a modest
unestablished notion of humans 'obliged to look out for themselves'
can
serve as a driving force of the
Below is an interesting article that can form the subject for discussion.
Paddy
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
WORLD FOOD ISSUES:
PAST AND PRESENT
Jared Diamond on Agriculture
^^
CB: From a Marxist perspective, the origin of agriculture - domestication
Paddy Hackett
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
^^
CB: From a Marxist perspective, the origin of agriculture - domestication of
plants and animals - was the basis for producing surpluses, which in
turnsupported non-productive classes that evolved into exploitative classes.
Paddy Hackett: Very interesting Charles. But where does that leave us? What
is to be the politics --some form of animal rights or liberation movement?
CB: I'd say the politics are to be Marxism. With a worldwide communist
revolution, we can abolish and dispose of nukes, end war, etc. We
