[lit-ideas] Re: Sounds right to me
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:13:08 -0800 (PST)
It might help if it were explained what is meant by 'public projects' and what
by 'private projects.' O.K.
--- On Fri, 12/12/08, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sounds right to me
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 4:51 PM
> --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Phil Enns <phil.enns@gmail
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> > What is illiberal is the attempt to present agreement
> on
> > private
> > projects as evidence for their being public. As is
> > defenestration,
> > but that was a different thread.
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> This is not what Phil previously said; but even if you can
> move goal-posts in this way without any adverse comment
> being passed, I still can't agree: as citizens in a
> liberal society may be members of both its private and its
> public spheres, it seems to me that whatever they agree in
> one sphere may be some evidence of what they would agree in
> the other. Unless Phil means merely that "private
> projects" does not become a "public" projects
> merely because people agree to them as "private
> projects" - but who has argued against this Aunt Sally?
> And could they ever do so on supposed liberal grounds?
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> Donal
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