Sociology and Explanations (Re: Hitchens responds to critics From

[Ken Hanly]

You cant validly convert propositions of the form All S are P. "All those
things that are the greatest evil are things done by those who sincerely
believe they are doing good" does not imply that all things done by those
who sincerely believe they are doing good are those things that are the
greatest evil.

Cheers, Ken Hanly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Murray" <seamus2001 at home.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: Sociology and Explanations (Re: Hitchens responds to critics
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>
>
> > > It seems that your line is that the conspirators are
> > > bloodthirsty crazies who
> > > cynically use the oppression of the Muslim masses as
> > > cover for their sinister
> > > designs. Has it occurred to you that they genuinely
> > > believe they are acting
> > > in the
> > > best interest of a benighted transnational Muslim
> > > community, whose members
> > > have been seduced by the charms of "Western" (of
> > > course this is a misnomer)
> > > impieties -- secularism, rank materialism, formal
> > > gender equality, etc.?
> >
> > Is this at all contradictory?  Don't you think the
> > original Nazis and Fascists saw themsleves as noble
> > defending the benighted masses from jews, commies,
> > etc.?  The greatest evil is always done by those who
> > sincerely beleive they are doing good...
> >
> > Jim Baird
> >
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>
> Does this make Einstein and Darwin etc.
> evil......................................
>
> Ian
>