Originally Posted by
Ezra
I don't think you understand where I'm coming from. Rawls ideas will not realistically work in real life, regardless of what he is inferring. Hence, they are completely useless, and in my eyes, pointless to discuss. Perhaps as an LII, you're taking a different viewpoint; that every idea merits discussion, practical or not. But what I'm arguing is that if something doesn't work from the outset, it's completely pointless to discuss it. Discussion is for something other than intellectual stimulation, even if intellectual stimulation is what some might find most pleasure in.