Ethical foundations of the left

Kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Fri Jul 27 10:59:55 PDT 2001


At 12:26 PM 7/27/01 -0500, Carrol Cox wrote:


>I keep arguing that the debate over what "the left" should say to people
>and how "the left" should say it is silly until we have a program of
>struggle going that alerts people that we have something to say. So far
>no one who thinks Habermas important has ever said anything that made me
>say, gee, I ought to read Habermas insttead of one of the couple hundred
>books that I know I should read in the next few days. I don't regard an
>intellectual or a leftist as really serious until they take with deadly
>seriousness the fact that for several hundred years it has become
>impossible for anyone to read all the books and articles and posts that
>he/she should read. This answer to my question shows that you aren't
>serious about Habermas.

oh, and btw: you don't like how i answered your question, right? well, ain't that silly! you just told me that you don't like how i said something and, not only that, you made membership in the serious left contingent upon how i said something.

kelley



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