Michael, I hadn’t intended the generalizations here to cover all capitalists, or all “value systems” in the sense of minds with motivations—just those people who would regard themselves as having a morality in the first place.
Do those to whom you refer have actual anti-moral moral systems, or are they just doing whatever? If there are people out there with actual antimoralities—not just “virtue of selfishness” Randian types who are actually around as decent in their private lives as the average—but people who do actual evil deeds with elaborate philosophies around them… Well, I don’t think I’d want to meet them, and I don’t think I’d want them to post here, and I don’t think I’d want anyone to mention my name to them, but I confess myself actually quite intrigued as to what goes on inside their minds.
Michael, I hadn’t intended the generalizations here to cover all capitalists, or all “value systems” in the sense of minds with motivations—just those people who would regard themselves as having a morality in the first place.
Do those to whom you refer have actual anti-moral moral systems, or are they just doing whatever? If there are people out there with actual antimoralities—not just “virtue of selfishness” Randian types who are actually around as decent in their private lives as the average—but people who do actual evil deeds with elaborate philosophies around them… Well, I don’t think I’d want to meet them, and I don’t think I’d want them to post here, and I don’t think I’d want anyone to mention my name to them, but I confess myself actually quite intrigued as to what goes on inside their minds.