tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post5073430907961400683..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Pojman on desertVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-52224654711879972582010-02-22T16:44:35.960-07:002010-02-22T16:44:35.960-07:00Interesting essay, though Pojman sides with the us...Interesting essay, though Pojman sides with the usual classical strongmen: Aristotle, machiavelli, et al. <br /><br />Rawls comments on desert seem fairly apt: a citizen might deserve--or be entitled to-- basic necessities (a rational person would probably select that scenario under the original position...), but not deserve vast wealth and power, which were the product of fortunate circumstances, family connections, market economy etc. Does Paris Hilton deserve her millions? We say ..nyet. <br /><br />I don't recall Rawls' points on merit, but I suspect as rationalist he would agree that people who achieve certain accomplishments, degrees, skills would be entitled to greater rewards than the slothful, but only within a framework where the ambitious started from similar oh circumstances as the lazy. The point is equality as a starting point, not complete equality at all levels of society. <br /><br /><br />SO it goes something like..."from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." But you are right Marx was not a utopian (or maoist), and certainly recognized differences in skills and abilities. As did bolsheviks: the winner in the chess tournament earned a right to be soviet boss or something....Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-90538832405288398862010-02-22T12:37:40.166-07:002010-02-22T12:37:40.166-07:00No sign of him of late.No sign of him of late.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-33525465255394544612010-02-22T12:17:16.809-07:002010-02-22T12:17:16.809-07:00Victor,
Sorry for putting this here.
But do you kn...Victor,<br />Sorry for putting this here.<br />But do you know if Stunney still comes around these parts? <br />Haven't heard from Stunney in a couple of years now.ichabod's craniumnoreply@blogger.com