From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Sat Dec 23 2000 - 14:40:53 MST
On Saturday, December 23, 2000 9:28 AM Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> << http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/PCR.html >>
> Does philosophy owe anything, as a discipline, to promote the greater
good?
> Is philosophy about also about problem solving?
I don't understand how my article inspired those questions, but...
Does mechanical engineering "owe anything, as a discipline, to promote the
greater good?" I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but just to show that
philosophy can be considered just as mechanical engineering, as a discipline
or a body of knowledge. In either case, people use them for good or ill.
Philosophies vary a lot too. One shouldn't assume that all of them are
equal or as useful or as valid. In this vein, it's my belief that
philosophy's purpose, against which it can't be measured, is to help
individuals to live life. So in a sense, it should be for the good, though
there is a lot of difference between different people and different
philosophical systems over what is good.
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
My "Rand the Libertarian," published in the current issue of _The Thought_,
is now up viewable on the web at:
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/RandLib.html
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