tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post6510803641819459951..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Random Thoughts on Blogging About DesireAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-24496753306988435202018-06-05T14:39:12.189-06:002018-06-05T14:39:12.189-06:00"or in 1750 a dock worker had a theory concer..."or in 1750 a dock worker had a theory concerning the wealth of nations more advanced than those of Adam Smith"<br /><br />I can appreciate the sentiment from where this statement must be coming, but all I can say is you must have never been a dock worker, or worked in any other menial but laborious job. I can assure you that moral and economic theories are the last things on their minds.<br /><br />That is not to say, had their lives worked out differently, that they would not be capable of these kinds of thoughts... it's just the background leading one to those sorts of jobs is not conducive to their emergence.e-headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811984476448816353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-34045607668773069132018-06-04T13:14:03.445-06:002018-06-04T13:14:03.445-06:00"There are likely to be only 3.6 people on th..."There are likely to be only 3.6 people on the planet with an interest in theories of desire."<br /><br />I am 1.3 of them.Fergus Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10196026854090418432noreply@blogger.com