[lit-ideas] Re: losing sight of the Categorical Imperative

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On 17-Sep-13, at 11:15 PM, Robert Paul wrote:

Man in Russia shot with rubber bullet ('I didn't know it was loaded') during argument over Kant.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/16/us-russia-kant-shooting-idUSBRE98F0DI20130916

The Reuters article ends with thr sentence: "Many Russians love to discuss philosophy and history, often over a drink, but such discussions rarely end in shootings."

... unless, perhaps, the philosopher's name starts with an M, ends with an X, and has an A and an R somewhere in the middle.

Chris Bruce,
trying to duck in under
the NSA's 'radar', in
Kiel, Germany
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