From: Tim Bates (tbates@karri.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Date: Mon Jan 25 1999 - 22:07:00 MST
hi,
we recently were discussing whether society exists or not.
A related topic is "What is individualism".
I would be interested in pithy definitions: here is one to start the ball
rolling.
"Individualism [is] the practice of living in terms of coherent desires
under the rule of law. [It] unleashed, for better or worse, everything
that makes the modern West dynamic and innovative."
Kenneth Minogue (Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of
London), 1999, 'Times Literary Supplement', 8 i.
Not far short of Ayn Rand. Coherent desires is good. Law is good, but
Minogue's definition doesn't specify the law system.
Who can do better?
best,
tim
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