> >
> > >Which paper are you speaking of?
> >> > Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, and Justice, 17 Legal Studies
>1997. It's
> > sort of the ethical countrerpart to my ideology paper.
> >
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>
>This version?
>
>< http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/marxism/RRJustice.htm >
>
Close enough. There are some minor differences--I hope improvements--in the published version. Resend me yr snailmail and I'll post you a copy.
> >>
>My concern is with the cumulativeness and interminableness that lurks
>in the possibilities of rupturing the equilibrium[s] because of
>non-arbitrary incommensurabilities.
Gaahh? Ya lost me.
We should be as cautious about
>equilibrium arguments for justice as we are about equilibrium
>arguments in economics or ecology.
OK, but mine's not an equilibrium argument in the sense economists. _Reflective_ equilibrium has nothing whatsoever to do with markets clearing. It's just thinking, in a broad sense. Read the essay, it will make all clear.
I'm
>more concerned about how the adversarial proclivities of the legal and
>other professions, while in many contexts seem necessary, are now,
>themselves becoming imperialistic much as 'heterodox' economists and
>other social scientists rail against the rc-neoclassical school [also
>infatuated with equilibrium btw].
I'm lost here again. Incidentally, most lawyers are transacational lawyers
who serve to smooth commercial interactions, not as adversaries--draw up
contracts, wills, help you buy a house, that sort of thing. The criminal law
bar that looms so large on TV is a very small part of the profession. It's
adversarial, but it's not our fault if you viewers would rather watch
inaccurate depiction of trials than lawyers drafting deeds and reseraching
titles.
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>
>Gee I thought Brussels Sprouts were weapons enough :-)
They're pretty bad.
>
> >
> >>==========
>Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.
>
>Trying to see a photon at the end of the tunnel,
>
My fave physics prof in grad school had a machine that will actually count single photons. We used to joke, Look, there goes one now!
jks
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