From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 20:23:37 MST
nanowave wrote:
> Lee Corbin wrote:
>
> If ">" is a preference relation, then
>
> normal > abnormal > null
>
> Yes, I think this is an excellent way of putting it, and one that
> immediately brings to mind the question: Is this relation best examined from
> an objective (as Eugen and Michael Butler seem to suggest) or a subjective
> (Lee and Jonathan's take) point of reference? Or perhaps from some
> satisfactory blend of the two:
nanowave: I have no idea how you get "objective" as my suggested, or even adopted,
point of view. So the rest of your post is very hard for me to parse. You might look
to the seeming from your side.
The very use of the word "normal" usually sounds to me like an attempt at objectivity.
Kindly note that I was not the person who proposed that term in the inequality--Lee did.
The notion that every life is better than every nonlife seemd to be to me what
Lee was arguing for, and *that* sounded Procrustean and implied glittering-generality/
objectivity-ism/absolutism to me. "Every sperm is sacred", but with the bar raised.
In his reply to me, Lee seemed to corner sharply; he seems to think we have a lot we agree on.
I don't know where that leaves your thesis, but I was left by it at the gate anyway. :)
Mike
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