Heidegger

—– Original Message —–
From: “bob scheetz”

> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Anthony Crifasi”
>>
>> the first part’s an objection set in quotes - that communism “acts in
>> contradiction to past historical experience” because it “abolishes all
>> religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis”
> as
>> was the case throughout all history…. and his answer: that religion,
>> morality and such have always existed throughout history precisely
>> because
>> class exploitation has always existed; therefore when the latter
> disappears,
>> the former will “completely vanish”. Hence, no preservation of morality
>> at
>> all. How’s that pointed the wrong way?
>
> coz it’s utopian, the issue is logically mooted, same as no morality in
> heaven. and it in no way descredits marx’s solidarity with the oppressed
> and rage, your against the bully-boys, your ‘empty protest.

How does reducing morality to a mere social manifestation of class
antagonism NOT discredit the outrage of solidarity? Why the outrage against
the bully-boys if there’s nothing really wrong with bullying - if the
“wrong” of that is just a passing form of social consciousness due to class
struggle in the first place? If that’s all it is, then what more does
philosophy provide than just consciousness of same? Outrage would be a mere
personal addition to that, not anything really philosophical at all.

Posted on Monday, July 31st, 2006 at 7:40 pm
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