Path: utzoo!hoptoad!pacbell!ames!hc!ut-sally!turpin From: turpin@ut-sally.UUCP (Russell Turpin) Newsgroups: alt.individualism Subject: Re: tell us please Summary: asdf Message-ID: <11188@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: 10 Apr 88 20:18:34 GMT References: <5540@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <5650@well.UUCP> Distribution: alt Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 19 In article <5650@well.UUCP>, pan@well.UUCP (Philip Nicholls) writes: > In article <5540@spool.cs.wisc.edu>, Jorge Gautier writes: > >Hey, professor, are you still around? > >Since you know so much about philosophy and ethics, why don't you tell > >us about the RIGHT philosophical system? And don't forget to include > >the social, economic and political systems to go along with it. > This question, meant as a taunt, only serves to illustrate the shallowpated > nature of libertarian social thought. Gautier's posting contains no libertarian allusions. Your criticism, intended as a cheap shot at a broad genre of social thought, is no better than his. Should we consider it an illustration of the shallowpated nature of the social philosophy you prefer? Or can we agree that this is not the way to criticize social philosophy? Russell