From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 13:18:55 MST
Technotranscendence wrote:
>
> 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.
Please tell me first who gets to determine what the "greater good" is
and second who gets to enforce that determination on those who might
well
disagree with it. Then tell me if the "greater good" is actually a
valid construct for evaluating any human activity.
>
> 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.
>
That is not philosophy's purpose.
- samantha
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