Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: : Premises, Circularities

[Sabri Oncu <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug wrote:

> As is always the case with these debates,
> I can't resist the urge to ask - so what?
> Why is the value controversy so important?
> Why is it so important for Justin to reject
> it and Rakesh to defend it?

This is highly correlated with the question I was asking to
myself Doug: What is the purpose of this debate?

Here is my purpose:

My purpose is to help change the world, for myself and all the
rest, for the "better", where I leave "better" undefined. And I
want this because what I observe is awful. Also, as Khauldun had
observed on WSN a while ago, I want to help change the world not
because I read the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engles but
because I know that I am and majority of the rest are screwed up
by the system. I also know that to help change it, I need to
understand it "well" (which I also leave vague). So I would have
liked it more if the participants relate this theoretical debate
to its implications for changing the world.

Lastly, I know that I cannot change the world alone.

Best,
Sabri