[lbo-talk] Re: more Churchill

BklynMagus magcomm at ix.netcom.com
Thu May 18 07:32:43 PDT 2006


Dear List:

Yoshie writes:


> Another reason is that a combination of moralism and capitalism tends
to have us believe that intentional wrongs are more of a problem than unintentional wrongs. A case can be made that, morally speaking, intentional wrongs are worse than unintentional wrongs. But, in terms of consequences, unintentional wrongs are often much worse than intentional wrongs. Some can be induced to understand this point intellectually, but many find it unsatisfying, trapped as they are in conventional morality.

I think that they are also trapped in thinking procedurally, as if the process is tweaked enough and made right then the outocmes will be okay. There needs to be much more attention paid to outcomes and how unequal consequences destroy equality when reprocessed through seemingly equal procedures.

Brian Dauth Queer buddhist Resister



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