tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post3217072346896767972..comments2024-03-29T06:05:04.162+01:00Comments on Robert's Stochastic thoughts: Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14455788499385673507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post-76062262794980815112011-09-20T14:08:35.696+02:002011-09-20T14:08:35.696+02:00I expressed myself poorly. I was objecting to hol...I expressed myself poorly. I was objecting to holism not moralism. The particular view which I tried to criticize just then is the belief that a country can be treated as a single agent. So it is asserted that America does something, when, in fact, some Americans do it and others are just along for the ride (or try to resist).<br /><br />The references are to concepts like "the will of all", "species being","Zeitgeist", and "acting as a class." <br /><br />When typing I knew I was being unfair to Rousseau, who only noted that, with consensus, the will of each could be the same and so would be the will of all. I was also being unfair to Marx. I don't know if I was being unfair to Hegel, since wild horses could drag me to water but couldn't make me read Hegel.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455788499385673507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post-66926896016151127332011-09-20T02:57:01.618+02:002011-09-20T02:57:01.618+02:00How is this moralistic fallacy typical of Rousseau...How is this moralistic fallacy typical of Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx?<br /><br />I'd say it's a typical error (on the left and the right alike), but I don't associate it with those thinkers in particular.<br /><br />-WillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com