From: Michael A Johnson (MAJUS@prodigy.net)
Date: Tue Aug 31 1999 - 10:39:24 MDT
I am new to the list, and probably should have read for a couple of weeks
before posting, however, the discussion about Government and Libertarianism
interested me,
Max More in not prescribing to the Libertarian credo, but putting
emphasis on conecepts (open society, market freedom, etc.) has the correct
methodology for approaching the topic. Extropian thought is about
developing new ways of living. Libertarianism should not be shoehorned into
Extropian philosophy. I think that politcal thought needs to begin from the
extropian principlcs and develop a rigorous theory of political
organization. If our philosophical journey leads us to to Libertarianism,
so be it, but we should not simply assume that what is expoused by the
Libertarian Party is the correct philisophy for Extropians. I myself am
studing the relation between classical liberal theory and the ideas expoused
by Jim Mann in his book TOMMORROW'S GLOBAL SOCIETY.
Michael A. Johnson
Graduate Student--Political Science
Arizona State University
majus@asu.edu
majus@prodigy.net
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