[MD] Value and the Individual

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Christoffer Ivarsson <IvarssonChristoffer at hotmail.com>:


> Platt:
> > Can you be more specific as to how conservatism is presented. For 
> > instance,
> > what books are required reading that present the conservative view?
> 
> Overview books. That present the history of Europe and the world. The 
> development of political philosophy is also presented there. The relevant 
> parts, those that had an impact on things. I am not sure how the material 
> looks in the department of political science.   That is not within the 
> Faculty of Humanities.

I surprised political science is not in the humanities. Is economics?

> >> But then, conservatism isn't a real philosophy as such, only a 
> >> reactionary
> >> movement, and as for the politics you stand for - well, we know America 
> >> has
> >> nutjobs, the whole world knows that,  so, that a political agenda that 
> >> was
> >> abandoned about a 100 years ago in most of the developed world is still 
> >> in
> >> play... Well, no one is surprised.  You'll keep on thinking freedom is
> >> something that you have monopoly on and can be brought to be with your 
> >> guns,
> >> and you will keep thinking that it's okay for that single mom and her 
> >> sons
> >> to die starving in the gutter for the sake of the "American Dream" We 
> >> really
> >> don't have much hope for you.
> 
> Platt:
> > Have you ever been to America?
> 
> Yes. So has most of the people I work and study with. Our picture of America 
> is pretty similar in all relevant aspects.

What states did you visit and how often did you see a single mom and her sons
dieing in a gutter?

Platt


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