did you sign the social contract?

[butchersapron]

'Up Ayn Rand'. That's where you are now. What's it like without those suffocating principles? Free to be a cunt now.

 

[catch]

'Up Ayn Rand'. That's where you are now. What's it like without those suffocating principles? Free to be a cunt now.

Howard Roark would be fucking ashamed though innit.

 

[pilchardman]

Why isn't this a public poll? Who thinks they signed the social contract? And did they keep a copy?

(btw, Godwin provides as good a criticism as any of the social contract idea).

 

[butchersapron]

Yep, and Mr Paine does a good one too.

 

[JonnyT]

Yes.

they promised me a sandwich

 

[In Bloom]

<some completely pointless, random picture>

What does that have to do with the price of fish?

 

[In Bloom]

Why isn't this a public poll? Who thinks they signed the social contract? And did they keep a copy?

(btw, Godwin provides as good a criticism as any of the social contract idea).

I signed it, but I spilt tea all over my copy and accidentally smudged my right to hold property out of existence

 

[catch]

What does that have to do with the price of fish?

FAQ-busting as well, I believe.

 

[Random]

Are reporters without borders a dodgy front group? I thought they were sound

 

[butchersapron]

They are i think, it's poets use of the image that's the issue. You may have missed his conversion to anarcho-capitalism...

 

[Random]

They are i think, it's poets use of the image that's the issue. You may have missed his conversion to anarcho-capitalism...

And is it making him any happier?

 

[butchersapron]

Well, it's making a fair few people laugh at him, so if you tot it up....

 

[Wilf]

Rosseau was a fucking cock!

and also a primmo

 

[Random]

Well, it's making a fair few people laugh at him, so if you tot it up....

That's untilitarianism for you

 

[butchersapron]

I set 'em up...

 

[Random]

I set 'em up...

 

[pilchardman]

That's untilitarianism for you

A philosophy double act.

Oh. My. God.

 

[118118]

LOL This is the exact same discussion I had with myself a few months ago Don't hit me I'm newoooooob.

 

[Idris2002]

I remember thinking when I tried reading Rawls' A Theory of Justice, that the kind of social contract theory it represented might be interesting as an intellectual exercise but. . . really what's the point?

Historically, notions of what is and is not a just society have not emerged from speculation by people located behind a veil of ignorance, they've emerged out of struggles - often (usually?) struggles between people who knew exactly where they were standing in the overall social context.

 

[sihhi]

I remember thinking when I tried reading Rawls' A Theory of Justice, that the kind of social contract theory it represented might be interesting as an intellectual exercise but. . . really what's the point?

Historically, notions of what is and is not a just society have not emerged from speculation by people located behind a veil of ignorance, they've emerged out of struggles - often (usually?) struggles between people who knew exactly where they were standing in the overall social context.

Hammer on head of nail.
Rawls- waste of his brains and my eyesight.

 

[Santino]

The social contract isn't worth the paper it's not printed on.

 

[Taxamo Welf]

no it sounds more like my degree* is not going to be worth the paper its printed on. Champion!

*if i last, which i intend to

 

[Gmart]

Bump

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Bump

You have a good memory.