[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[Platt Holden]

> [Platt]
> So there is no moral difference between Western and Muslim law, especially
> in regards to status and treatment of women? 
> 
> [Krimel]
> Yes, most certainly!
> 
> Western law is our business.
> Muslim law is theirs.

[Platt]
Interesting. What is the moral principle behind ours and theirs? Right of 
sovereignty? Privacy? Would it have been immoral for us to have interfered 
with the Holocaust?

> >[Krimel]
> > From the stand point of evolution diversity is in some sense THE highest
> > good. It represents freedom and a broader range of options. When
> > circumstances undergo change diversity of options is often the difference
> > between existence continuing and existence ending.
> 
> [Platt]
> A good argument for defending individual freedom from cultures that smother
> it.
> 
> [Krimel]
> It is also a good argument for recognizing the Values of cultures that allow
> individuals to express their freedom in way that may or may not make sense
> from our point of view.

[Platt]
Like jailing the teacher who allowed her class to name a teddy bear 
Mohammed? Was not her expression of freedom and that of her class 
repressed? 

[Krimel]
> It is also a good argument for protecting endangered
> species and preserving natural environments.

[Platt]
Cutting down a tree violates the tree's freedom? Seems you can carry this a 
bit too far.