[lbo-talk] Kees van der Pijl

[Luke Benjamin Weiger]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Miles Jackson wrote:
> Most people tend to believe that the life they have been
> enculturated into is the "good life"; that's not unique to
> commie residents of NYC.  This is almost inevitable, because
> the values we use to judge something "good" depend on
> our socialization, not some universal rational standards.
> (Unless you're a hypereducated philosopher/lawyer who has
> spent mountains of time pondering moral philosophy texts.)
>
> Miles

All other things being anywhere close to equal, just about everyone (in
every sociohistorial context) prefers a life free from physical
discomforts like, say, starvation.

-- Luke