tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post1599079616852390738..comments2023-07-19T09:35:50.843-05:00Comments on The Morality War: Rights are not excusesRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081336591414529365noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post-11957518870542714882008-12-18T00:35:00.000-06:002008-12-18T00:35:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post-44439402606714970752008-11-22T22:34:00.000-06:002008-11-22T22:34:00.000-06:00Actually, what I should have said was "epistemolog...Actually, what I should have said was "epistemology from Kant onwards is the secularization of faith". Though I think perhaps philosophy in general is the secularization of religion, especially religious morality.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14081336591414529365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post-51578935383774310502008-11-22T22:19:00.000-06:002008-11-22T22:19:00.000-06:00And isn't philosophy from Kant onwards the sec...And isn't philosophy from Kant onwards the secularization of faith? That's how it strikes me - though I will admit that my understanding of the history of philosophy is limited, based mainly on reading Rand and Peikoff and a few others here & there (and yes, I did do a quick read-through of Andy Clarkson's series from the latest Objectivist Round Up.)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14081336591414529365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27814865.post-40908314528860442532008-11-22T21:27:00.000-06:002008-11-22T21:27:00.000-06:00In Oregon, here is the argument for compulsory sta...In Oregon, here is the argument for compulsory state health insurance, as I hear it: <BR/><BR/>"The state <I>must</I> pay for the health care of everyone who asks for it, as in emergency rooms of hospitals. Why? Because that is our moral obligation. And since we, the state, must pay for it, the beneficiaries who can afford it must be required to contribute. So we will <I>force</I> those who can afford health insurance, but refuse to buy it, to contribute their share--as well as the share of those who can't afford it."<BR/><BR/>In other words, corrupt ethics, altruism, leads to corrupt politics, coercion. This is another instance of the relationship of faith (or any other form of mysticism) and force, as Ayn Rand identified in her 1960 lecture at Yale University: "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World" (reprinted as Ch. 7 in <I>Philosophy: Who Needs It</I>).Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.com