From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 10:58:58 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
> Rafal writes
>
>> [Hal wrote]
>>>
>>> I'm not that happy with a rule like this, that the majority is
>>> always right. But what else can we do?
>>
>> ### Use some form of consequentialist ethics to derive rules of
>> conduct independently of intuitions about the propriety of majority
>> rule.
>
> I'm always impressed with your urge to create new systems from whole
> cloth. Do you think that you might have been a follower of Lenin in
> the early days?
### Extremely unlikely.
>
> We ought to be proud of the political accomplishments of the last
> four hundred years. We need to respect the traditions thus evolved,
> and slowly guide them towards the main chances that we see. (On this
> list, those main chances include immortality, great happiness for
> great numbers of people, and advancing evolution towards information
> singularity.) We simply have to convince as many others as possible
> that this is the best course, and getting their willing advice and
> consent.
>
### You are not suggesting that the majority is always right, are you?
Rafal
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Thu Jul 31 2003 - 08:06:05 MDT