posner on bush v. gore (was RE: Ethical foundations of the left)

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Fri Jul 27 06:12:26 PDT 2001


Justin Schwartz wrote:
>
> >
> >I suspect Justin's fondness for Posner is not unrelated to his
> >suggestion that philosophy should be viewed as entertainment.
>
> Having a W.H. Henley moment, are we Carol? "Life is real, life is
> earnest." What good is philosophy if it isn't fun? I certainly have no
>

Ooops! Tone missed again. The point was strictly on your view of law, not an objection to or criticism of your view of philosophy. I think I mostly agree on that.

Carrol

P.S. I think the life is earnest stuff comes from Longfellow rather than Henley.



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