Is one human life worth more than another?

sean · 09-18-2009, 03:58 AM

I should add that Aristotelian arguments stemming from the social forms of the telos of the polis are machinist, in that they honour the human superorganism, the city-state. This organism does not have human qualities, or human values, and it's own values are not relevant to what is good for human beings.

Not only are they not relevant, they are inimical. The city-state is to the human subject what a Silon is to Starbuck.

sean · 09-18-2009, 06:16 AM

And I should also add that my attitude to religion is not personal. I have no sense that religion motivates the kind of prejudice of which I've been a victim.

DanaC · 09-18-2009, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by sean

Not only are they not relevant, they are inimical. The city-state is to the human subject what a Silon is to Starbuck.

Would that also hold true for the nation state?

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Originally Posted by classicman

Why am I not surprised.

What are you unsurprised about?

sean · 09-18-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Would that also hold true for the nation state?

Yep. Same thing really. It's complicated. I'm patriotic in a way, but I put people before flags I suppose.

classicman · 09-18-2009, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

What are you unsurprised about?

Nuttin' jus sayin'

09-18-2009, 03:58 AM	#1
sean you ask me Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 56	I should add that Aristotelian arguments stemming from the social forms of the telos of the polis are machinist, in that they honour the human superorganism, the city-state. This organism does not have human qualities, or human values, and it's own values are not relevant to what is good for human beings. Not only are they not relevant, they are inimical. The city-state is to the human subject what a Silon is to Starbuck. Last edited by sean; 09-18-2009 at 05:02 AM.

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