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

[Huw Lloyd]

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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