[lit-ideas] Re: the standard for higher standards
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:30:19 -0500
>>"How about a Nietzschean transvaluation of values here? Back to root
assumptions."
Phil: Um, for Nietzsche there are no 'root' anythings. It's all surfaces.
Eric: I meant "our" root assumptions: me contextualizing, Judy claiming
the need for universal higher standards of conduct regardless of
circumstances.
Eric continues: "Why higher standards?"
Phil: Doesn't it seem self-defeating to lower one's standards
in order to convince others that it is better to get along than to fight?
Eric: In the absence of standards, we wouldn't be "convincing" anyone,
just eliminating them. No need to get along, just get rid of...
Phil: Since the current unpleasantness can only have a political
solution, why not maintain as high a standard as is reasonable in order
to make a political solution as attractive as possible?
Eric: I don't understand you here. Attractive to whom?
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