05-18-2005, 12:43 AM
Abramelin,May 17 2005, 04:36 PM Wrote:Oh I get it.
Philosophy is futile and politics and economy rule over it.
Without morality and ethics (which are derived from philosophy),you wouldn't be free if you were black in the America of proslavery,you wouldn't have have the same rights as men if you were a woman before 20th century,etc..philosophy helped to improve your rights and economy+politics were influenced by it.
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Small nit: War helped improve minority and women's rights more than philosophy did. If a country needs bodies on the front lines or additional resources for the labor pool it's pretty amazing what social conventions are willing to be cast aside, even if it's temporary.
On the other side of that coin, fight an enemy visibly different from yourself or one that has distinctly different beliefs and you will see a rise in racism and the view that those people as worth less than you and your kin.
The Bill of No Rights
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein