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To: JohnM who wrote (46022)	9/22/2002 12:20:29 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

(c) Den Beste thinks they are ideologically derived and thus he can impute some sort of ideological roots to them. It just might be that, in each case, they don't derive from ideology. But, as I read, Den Beste, he seems to think they must. Well, yes, Den Beste is trying to figure out some coherent philosphy that could put forth this set of arguments. If there is no philosophy behind these arguments, and no practical reasons behind them (most are plainly anti-utilitarian in nature), where does that leave us? That the arguments are based on nothing more than the feelings of the arguer? That they're actually quite incoherent and narcicistic in nature? Personally, I can buy that, but Den Beste was trying to give the arguments the benefit of the doubt.