[Xmca-l] Re: Do we find Inequalities in wild life system?

[James Ma]

Martin, Moir and Jessel argue in their book "Brain Sex" (1989) that men and
women are different but equal only by virtue of their membership of the
same species. Moir is a geneticist and Jessel a journalist. Their
provocatively apolitical view is stimulating.
James

On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 14:09, Martin Packer <mpacker@cantab.net> wrote:

> James, I’m confused. The statement you quote by Moir and Jessel would seem
> to imply that inequality is ‘a biological and scientific’ truth. Which is
> the opposite of what you believe, right?
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> And since humans are a species too, we shouldn’t try to build human
> society on a belief in equality?
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> Martin
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> On Jan 28, 2019, at 3:14 AM, James Ma <jamesma320@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Should you find inequality within a wildlife system, that must be a
> political, ideological precept!
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> James
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> On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 07:56, James Ma <jamesma320@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Not only is it meaningless but also preposterous. To maintain that all
>> members of the same species are equal, as Anne Moir and David Jessel put
>> it, is to "build a society based on a biological and scientific lie".
>> James
>> PS: I'm apolitical - anything political, ideological just doesn't speak
>> to me!
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>> *_______________________________________________________*
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>> *James Ma  Independent Scholar *
>> *https://oxford.academia.edu/JamesMa
>> <https://oxford.academia.edu/JamesMa>   *
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>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 05:27, Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:
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>>> Harshad,
>>>
>>> "Inequality" is a meaningless concept when referred to Nature. Likewise
>>> "Injustice."
>>>
>>> Justice and equality are relevant only to the extent that the subjects
>>> are living in an 'artificial' world, out of Nature. Natural disasters and
>>> the plenitude of Nature have these dimensions only to the extent they are
>>> imposed on or made available to different classes of people by the social
>>> system.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Andy Blunden
>>> http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
>>> On 28/01/2019 4:00 pm, Harshad Dave wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am working on one article. I want to know your views on following
>>> query.
>>>
>>> "Do we find Inequalities exists in wild life system?"
>>>
>>> Your views will help me in my work.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Harshad Dave
>>> Email: hhdave15@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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