Tilted Cat Head
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I have no idea what he said, but as I read it is supports exactly what I am trying to say.
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problem with these claims is that they are all abstract--they are not theories of subjective dispositions--they do not tell you what this "greed" tendency might be, what it might mean for any particular individual, what associations come to be bundled around it, what triggers it, what desires are associated with it, what actions might follow. none of it. the category is not predictive.
i mean if "greed" really is subjective, then it can be figured in any number of ways, mean any number of things, respond to any number of stimulii, prompt any number of reactions---but all of this follows from the assumption that the social order within which folk operate is netural, and so desire for a different arrangements are not legitimate---so you could even argue that the notion of "greed" serves to paper over objections against a given social arrangement by pushing the issue back onto the mental universe of a particular agent.
in other words, i do not see how you can say anything about deep subjective dispositions by way of a general theory of "human nature"--it seems that you are playing a circular game.
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so does that not also apply to WAR? as you've written it I can supplant human nature with war and it makes the same sense.
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