Doug Henwood wrote:
> Of course not. Humans always behave in the most rational,
> self-interested, and nondestructive fashion.
Like Plato you *know* what self-interest is, absolutely, outside of history. You also, like Plato, *know* what "The Rational" is. I don't, except as they are provisionally worked out in social practice. You also know, before you move a finger, *all* the infinite results which will flow from that act, and therefore if you are rational and non-selfdestructive you will move the finger if and only if it conforms to those universal standards (known only to you) of The Rational and The Nonselfdestructive.
Carrol