NationStates Jolt Archive


Ivory Tower Morality and Capitalist Absurdity

Southern Industrial
22-06-2004, 20:22
I have a friend outside of NS who debates for Capitalism (against my Socialism and another friends Communism) quite feircely. Becuase of the lack of credible, uncontested evidence in favor of one or the other in terms of how well they work, we end up arguing the morality of each system.

Now, I'm a utilitarian, which means that I believe any system which values something besides human happiness to be faulty logic. The primary arguments for moral capitalism are based on some ideal like 'freedom'. This is what I call 'Ivory Tower Morality' an it goes well beyond my ideal of what is best for the people involved.

I have more to say about each of my points, but I don't ant this post to be too long, so I'll get to them later. What do you think?