Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!greipa!decwrl!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Nazi view of morality Message-ID: <1340273@acf4.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 04:38:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.1340273 Posted: Mon Jul 8 04:38:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 04:54:51 EDT References: <1615@dciem.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 17 >/* mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) / 5:59 pm Jul 4, 1985 */ >Laws should be the minimum >that permits society to function both freely and efficiently. We can >argue about the means to that end, but I think that both libertarians >and socialists on the net would agree on the objective (fundamentalists >might not). This is indeed the view of utilitarians and libertarians , but I don't see how socialists fit in. It seems to me that they wish to introduce laws promoting their own moral agenda, quite apart from considerations of freedom and efficiency (I assume you mean efficiency in the production of material wealth). >Martin Taylor Mike Sykora