David Corn: troubling origins of the anti-war movement

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Nov 7 12:16:07 PST 2002


Ian Murray wrote:
>
> > You can't make judgments regarding an abstraction without pointing to the
> responsibility of the agents that intend it's perpetuation and
> applicability.

Why not? I say "Don't vote for the DP." Most of the people in the local anti-war group do. How am I holding them "responsible"? My intention is that sometime in the future they will see that that position makes sense. But I feel no need to "condemn" them.

In fact the (abstract) separation of person and act is my understanding of "principled criticism."

To use Ollman's terminology, I see no need for approval or disapproval to take the form of a moral judgment.

Carrol


> Ian



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