From: GFunk-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: M-INTRO: More on Assumptions
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 02:21:13 -0600


It is nice that someone (bobcat) thought this question was interesting, 
because I was quite reluctant to bring it up.  Well then, I have more 
questions and notions that have been plaguing my mind for quite awhile.  At 
least in my opinion, most arguments for or against any one kind of social 
order, etc. seem to be pretty superficial which causes distraction and 
leaves the conversation going in circles.  I want to argue as logically as 
possible so I always ask for the assumptions driving the persons 
argumentation.  These assumptions, in my mind, should all somehow directly 
relate to prevalent patterns that exist in human nature (ie hunger) and the 
inherent relations between people (ie the innate need for companionship and 
at the same time distance, etc).  I know this is quite a meaty issue, but it 
is the one I always find myself comming back to.  For instance, one of 
socialism's premises is that the means of production be owned communally, 
because of the assumption that everyone is intrinsically equal in value, 
therefore no one should wield the right to exploit someone else.
I would like some sort of list, or something to that effect, that describes 
the basic assumptions that would be necessary in order for a specific social 
model to hold.

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