>The good society has yet to exist, there is no good
>model in the past, only hints here and there, more
>often in places like Spain 1936 than 12,000 BC.
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I don't really understand the desire for some Platonic form of "the good
society". People in different societies learn different values, and
then they apply these values to define what "the good society" is. It
doesn't surprise me that someone who grew up in a society like ours
would like "hints" of other societies that remind us of the values we've
learned in our own society. Although we may want to pretend there are
some "universal values" that reasonable people everywhere share, that's
not the actual social world we live in. From a sociological
perspective, I think it's important to recognize that many people in
many societies around the world consider their society to be an exemplar
of "the good society". --And by their own values, sure, they're right.
(Again, it's important to distinguish is and ought here: noting that
people perceive their own society as good is not, not, not a moral
argument about how we should all go live there.)
Miles