[lbo-talk] Sophomore PHilosophy

[Carrol Cox]

A friend of mine at the U of Michigan mentioned a short story by O'Henry
which he used in introduction-to-philosophy classes to illustrate the
meaning of "fatalism" and distinguish it from other determinist etc
perspectives. The story begins three times, with each time the
protagonist (a young man in a sheephereding-village) making a totally
different choice, leading to a totally different life, but each life
ends with his being killed with the same set of dueling pistols. If
anyone knows of this story one might send it to relevant parties
off-list so thay might stop being a disgrace to the faculties of Yale
and Virginia.

Carrol