On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:56 AM Razer <[1]Rayzer@riseup.net> wrote:

   On 10/30/2015 09:52 AM, Sean Lynch wrote:

     Something that one might call "societal equality" is of interest to
     me, too. But different people have different ideas of what that
     means.

   And that is the point of commonality we work from. The idea is to work
   towards more of that commonality without sacrificing our individual
   ethics or morals. Ideas are the 'mutable' element.

   This may seem like something of a red herring, but I wish more people
   read Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments before, instead of, or at
   least in addition to An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the
   Wealth of Nations. And definitely instead of (or at least before)
   anything written by Ayn Rand. I think Rand and cherry-pickers of Smith
   have done a lot of damage to the cause of individualism and
   free-marketism.

References

   1. mailto:Rayzer@riseup.net