Survivor!

[Gordon Fitch]

Justin Schwartz:
> ... 
> I will also add that Chris, in a rather flatheaded way, is pushing a 
> question that philosophers have discussed a lot going back to Plato: Why 
> Should I Be Moral? And there isn't an obvious answer to that if you want an 
> answer that says, What's In It For Me? My real suspicion is that we say to 
> Chris: you don't really believe that. And if you do, and if you act onit and 
> get out of line, we'll crush you like a bug.

You mean there _are_ obvious answers if one asks "What's 
in it for me?"  It's when people try to universalize this
pragmatic observation into Absolute Truth that they run
into trouble.  This is not surprising; even 2 + 2 = 4 can
have problems getting to A.T.