[lbo-talk] exploitation of pro-athletes was Re: Hamid Dabashi on Iran

[Eubulides]

Matthias Wasser wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Eubulides <paraconsistent at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
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>> It also presupposes the self-ownership thesis; a doctrine G.A. Cohen has
>> argued, rather convincingly, leftists should abandon.
>>
> 
> If our concept of value is scientific it shouldn't be affected by what moral
> theories we adopt. I'm skeptical of the utility* of "value" as an economic
> concept in general, though.


> *I'm terrible, sorry.

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Value is a zombie concept in pe. Just think of all the valuation 
theories/strategies that got wiped out in the last 2+ years.

I don't think Cohen was pursuing a moral theory to replace 
self-ownership's family of theories; he invited people to rethink the 
norms of freedom while maintaining that exploitation was a valid concept 
in pe even as self-ownership could be dispensed with. Normative 
political theories  need not co-develop with theories of 
ethics/morality, nor does it seem plausible for the latter to facilitate 
the overcomeability of the political re  the tensions/contradictions in 
the social structuring of freedoms.

Ian