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To: betty boop

Given:
"might" is defined as ability to impose positive and negative consequences, immunity to reprisals, lack of needs requiring exogenous sources of fulfillment, and endurance.

Postulate:
"right" is always defined by might, and that definition's range and power is always proportionate to the might of the one making the definition.

Challenge:
Provide one case where the above is clearly not operant.

Good luck, see you in a few years.


766 posted on 05/02/2006 2:49:46 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: King Prout; Alamo-Girl; marron; Doctor Stochastic; js1138; Right Wing Professor; PatrickHenry; ...
Good luck, see you in a few years.

Hahahahahahaha King Prout! On this "might versus right" question, we can both save ourselves a lot of time were I to point out to you the desirability of reading Plato's magnificent dialog, Gorgias, and you were actually to read it.

THEN I imagine we'd both be "on the same page," and actually be able to have a fruitful conversation.

In this dialog, Plato not only utterly lays waste to the "might makes right" argument, but also the "man is the measure" argument.

You might find it interesting. Plus you'd get a huge bonus: The dialog is a world-class drama. (Plato was, among other things, a world-class literary artist.) Polus is a simply uproarious comic figure. And Callicles is a very dangerous, ambitious man with a libido dominandi that just won't quit. His mortal threat to Socrates in the end is profoundly chilling.... (Though we have to wait for the dialog Apology to find out how that plays out.)

I wonder why this amazing "screenplay" has never been staged.

But if you don't feel like reading Gorgias, you can always ask me what the dispute was about, and what happened. I've already indicated some of the main themes.

Thanks for writing, King!

785 posted on 05/02/2006 3:43:27 PM PDT by betty boop (The world of Appearance is Reality’s cloak -- "Nature loves to hide.")
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