[MD] Biological Quality & Social Conservatism

[David M]

Hi

On the biological level,have we not over produced
the number of human beings?

David M (childless)

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> Quoting "Keith A. Gillette" <Keith.Gillette at Detling.org>:
>
>
>> Apropos of this line of reasoning, I just listened to a lecture by Roger
>> Scruton, a British intellectual prominent especially during the Thatcher
>> administration, discussing his view of the impact of sexual license on
>> social stability in the context of classical liberalism ala J.S. Mill. 
>> The
>> lecture was recorded 6-January-2007 and will play on TV Ontario's *Big
>> Ideas* program this Saturday, 4-August-2008. It's available as an MP3 at:
>> <http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigideas>.
>>
>> While I think Scruton makes a number of unfounded assertions in this 
>> lecture
>> and doesn't arrive at definite policy recommendations which one may take 
>> up
>> for debate, his perspective is erudite, informed, and consistent with
>> Pirsig's views. I found his speech thought-provoking.
>
>
> Keith:
> Thanks for the reference to the Scruton lecture. I also found it thought 
> provoking
> and expressive of my reluctance to endorse gay marriage, pointing out that 
> law
> has a protective function to insure the social order can reproduce itself. 
> I
> highly recommend that everyone listen to Scruton on the subject of why 
> freedom
> must at times be circumscribed. Thanks again.
>
> Platt
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