If memory serves Smith refused Canadian Covid vaccines and travelled to the US under the guise of finding a suitable location for an Enterprise Alberta convention. I believe she lied to get across the border but have no evidence.
So we’re talking about an entire group of people, if we also include Poilievre, who’s ideology was set before they were all over the age of 20 and who never managed to learn anything new, never did any self examination, to incorporate new ideas, and never matured past the Peter Pan stage!
This is a very interesting post. Thanks for the backgrounder on Smith and the Alberta political/religious divide.
Just a couple of additional points/quibbles:
"... the state does not have the right to compel sacrifice ..."
Actually I would argue that states have no intrinsic rights whatsoever. However, in a democracy, the people may delegate responsibilities to the state, but I think it's a misnomer to call that delegation a right. Maybe I'm being pedantic, but I don't think so.
On the Good Samaritan story ...
"This is the operative anthropology of the Christian tradition on the question of the common good. Not the institutional religion of the priest and the Levite."
Actually the story proceeds from the question of "who is my neighbour?" when Jesus stated that the 2nd greatest commandment of The Hebrew Law (Old Testament in the Christian tradition) was "Love your neighbour as yourself". In that sense, it was absolutely an operative part both the priest and Levite's religion, one they clearly fell down on.
"The Randian hero does not cross the road unless the calculation serves his rational self-interest."
Although, it is perhaps an irony that Dr. Hans Selye would later state that it would, in fact, be in the Randian hero's self interest to cross the road, derived from his work on the biological responses to stress and his resulting philosophy of altruistic egotism. (See his 1974 book, Stress Without Distress for more.)
If memory serves Smith refused Canadian Covid vaccines and travelled to the US under the guise of finding a suitable location for an Enterprise Alberta convention. I believe she lied to get across the border but have no evidence.
I think we picked up that in the copy. Recheck, and if you have something to report, I will add an addendum thanks
Wow. Ayn Rand was a sociopath.
What does it make Smith that is the relevant question ?
The same.
You all know a whole lot more than me. I am suitably impressed. Also appreciated all the analyses. Thank you. Good learning for me.
So we’re talking about an entire group of people, if we also include Poilievre, who’s ideology was set before they were all over the age of 20 and who never managed to learn anything new, never did any self examination, to incorporate new ideas, and never matured past the Peter Pan stage!
This is a very interesting post. Thanks for the backgrounder on Smith and the Alberta political/religious divide.
Just a couple of additional points/quibbles:
"... the state does not have the right to compel sacrifice ..."
Actually I would argue that states have no intrinsic rights whatsoever. However, in a democracy, the people may delegate responsibilities to the state, but I think it's a misnomer to call that delegation a right. Maybe I'm being pedantic, but I don't think so.
On the Good Samaritan story ...
"This is the operative anthropology of the Christian tradition on the question of the common good. Not the institutional religion of the priest and the Levite."
Actually the story proceeds from the question of "who is my neighbour?" when Jesus stated that the 2nd greatest commandment of The Hebrew Law (Old Testament in the Christian tradition) was "Love your neighbour as yourself". In that sense, it was absolutely an operative part both the priest and Levite's religion, one they clearly fell down on.
"The Randian hero does not cross the road unless the calculation serves his rational self-interest."
Although, it is perhaps an irony that Dr. Hans Selye would later state that it would, in fact, be in the Randian hero's self interest to cross the road, derived from his work on the biological responses to stress and his resulting philosophy of altruistic egotism. (See his 1974 book, Stress Without Distress for more.)
I truly enjoy your posts. So compelling.