[lbo-talk] Re: Rise of anti-democratic liberalism

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Fri Jun 18 10:58:44 PDT 2004


"C. G. Estabrook" wrote:
>
> So it's more important to believe in the absence of of moral hierarchies
> than to believe in some other things. And it's the right thing to do...
>
> Uh, isn't that a moral hierarchy? --CGE

No, it is a historical (and intellectual) judgment. It does not ascribe moral turpitude to those who reject it nor moral high ground to those who affirm it. It can be argued in ways in which the assertion of moral hierarchies (and in particular the application of any particular moral hierarchy) can't be.

Carrol



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