Actually, the whole purpose of socialism is to build a society that
concerns itself with all its fellow men (and women, of course). Of
course, one can debate whether or not it actually *works*, but that
is not what you were talking about.
>I think
>your grandparents were *better* than their philosophy, or rather that
>their philosophy, in encouraging self-sacrificing virtue, is inconsistent
>if based on materialist foundations (materialism: all there is is
>matter).
But it is not inconsistent if it is based on humanist foundations, which
it clearly is.
>Understand that I am not criticizing your grandparents--their actions
>certainly speak of heroism--I am just saying I can't see how the
>philosophy that they presumably followed can logically reach the
>conclusions that motivated your grandparents.
I explained that in my post "Logic makes a comeback", a while back.
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Tautology
(n) See truism.
Truism
(n) See tautology.