Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Philosophy and the Opera

So, I'm still getting use to the whole consept of blogging everyday...so I still forget.
Anyway, let's talk about yesterday in Philosophy class. The professor, the class, and myself all found out that one of the guys in the class is a libertarian. And the poor guy is all alone in the class with his beliefs. He began speaking quite passionately about the evils of government and how the world would be better off with a government that barely did anything and let the people do the rest.
At one point in his argument, he made the point that nearly anyone, upon seeing a child on the edge of a well, would jump to save that child. They would rush in front of a moving car to save an old woman standing in harm's way, even at their own peril. But, as another student pointed out, if there are no morals or government, why should she risk her own life to save another? What is the good in that? And what about the sick people who would actually push the child into the well? Her point was this: yes the form of libertarian government would work perfectly in an ideal situation, but sadly, that ideal situation does not exist!
Humans are depraved...
......end of story.

On a completely different note, I decided after long while to do Opera scenes today. Not actually do them today...but sign up for the class...if you...do you get what I'm...NEVER MIND!
Ok, so that's my life up to this point. VERY interesting I'm sure.................

I gotta go...

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