Hi Volker, On 2014-11-27, Volker Braun <vbraun.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure, principles can be good or bad. We all have (written or unwritten) > principles, values, standards, and rules. Whats your point?
I guess that's *not* the point. I didn't have time to read the page on the communist code, but I suppose that the principles there are more or less sound. The problems arise as soon as someone applies the abstract principles to real life, and does so with bad intention. So, it is not the principles that are good or bad. It is the application of these principles which is good or bad. The application can be codified (by laws which can be good or bad) or habitual. And I suppose we all know that the same principles can be interpreted in largely different ways. In any case, I know from experience at various schools that the deliberate use of a code of conduct as a weapon can nuke a society. Anti-social behaviour that can base itself on "fake objectivity" (aka code of conduct) is worse than plain anti-social behaviour, IMHO. Cheers, Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
