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

[James Ma]

Well said, Andy!

Perhaps the complementarity of subjectivity and objectivity should be
likened to be a linchpin around which the theory of knowledge revolves.
Given consciousness exists beyond time and space, it is insusceptible of
empirical experiments - which results in subjectivism as a defining feature
of social research. To acknowledge subjectivity encapsulates the notion of
how it comes to affect objectivity, with the latter rendering the
researcher a passive recipient of stimuli encountered in the environment.
Being objective requires an immediate awareness of the subjectivity of
one’s own mind. It would be simplistic to think that social research can be
conducted without recognition of its subjective, self-evident nature. What
is evident to one individual is not necessarily to another. The
subjectivity of mind can always cast a shadow over objective endeavours or
ways of being objective in doing the research.

James



On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 00:19, Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:

> Mmm, "subjective" is a polysemous word, Huw. It is not a matter of
> precision but of relativity. "Inequality" is a famously contested concept,
> as is "injustice," but its contestation is necessarily in a social context
> and with social content. Justice and equality are given objective form in
> law and social policy in definite, really-existing states or organisations
> challenging for state power, not the opinion of individuals.
>
> andy
> ------------------------------
> Andy Blunden
> http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
> On 29/01/2019 1:50 am, Huw Lloyd wrote:
>
> It isn't "subjective", Andy. Rather it is limited to a certain construal.
> One can be quite precise and objective about that construal.
>
> Huw
>
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 14:14, Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:
>
>> I can't agree that with your suggestion, Huw, that inequality (in the
>> meaning with which Harshad used it) is something subjective, in the eye of
>> the beholder. Such a view would be very pernicious politically. The fact is
>> that states have emerged and developed over many centuries so as to makes
>> objective certain concepts of justice, among which are various qualified
>> and nuances notions of equality. This is not  figment of my imagination.
>>
>> andy
>> ------------------------------
>> Andy Blunden
>> http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
>> On 29/01/2019 12:59 am, Huw Lloyd wrote:
>>
>> We find "wild life" systems that are imbalanced and subject to radical
>> changes.
>>
>> Inequality is a perceptual/cognitive construct and predicated on an
>> ontological scope. We find the condition of inequality (or comparison) in
>> our thinking and behaviour. Every living thing "finds" inequalities. We do
>> not find inequality, we find the awareness of inequality.
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 08:17, James Ma <jamesma320@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Should you find inequality within a wildlife system, that must be a
>>> political, ideological precept!
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 07:56, James Ma <jamesma320@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>> *_______________________________________________________*
>>>>
>>>> *James Ma  Independent Scholar *
>>>> *https://oxford.academia.edu/JamesMa
>>>> <https://oxford.academia.edu/JamesMa>    *
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 05:27, Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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