Dear Ken Taylor:
First I would say to please speak in a common language. Do not go into abstract notions where only philosophers understand what you are saying. Speak plainly in the spirit of Thomas Reid, G.E. Moore, J.L. Austin, and Ronald Reagan. People will be shaking their heads and agreeing with you because of your Ph.D., but that does not mean that they understand you. It has been my experience that in order to convince political science majors through argument, an empirical/utilitarian approach works best. You can?t really plan what you are going to talk about, just use emotion when you speak-it is a great tool to convince people. I am sure you will do great.

我希望一个与我有利害关系的国家对我的理由做出回应，无论这些理由是否为公共理由。当然，我的理由并不是唯一的理由。但是，一个我必须放弃我自己的理由的州，一个我必须放弃我自己的理由的州，一个我必须放弃我自己的理由的州，一个我必须放弃我自己的理由的州，一个我必须放弃我自己的理由的州，一个我必须放弃我自己的理由的州。
Ken, I think this really captures why so many people feel alienated from their government (at all levels) these days. The public "discourse" is dominated by strategists rather than folks who are actually interested in engaging in a dialogue about reasons. Certainly, if the "deliberative body" in our legislative branch opts for the nuclear option, we'll have pretty much abandoned hope of having the government work to build a public sphere where we take each other's reasons seriously (and critically re-examine our own reasons). It then becomes a matter of winner-take-all, majority's reasons trample minority's.
(There's the other cynical worry I have that the reasons articulated by the political strategists are not always the reasons that are actually driving them. I'm sure when you get to Washington you'll be able to tell me I'm wrong about this!)
Anyhow, I think the big message from the Kingdom of Philosophers ought to be that we need a return to honest dialogue and a commitment to take each other seriously even when we disagree. Knock 'em dead!

if you scratch any philosopher just a little, you'll find the blood of a would-be Philosopher King coursing profusely through his/her veins
[LOL] Truer words were never spoken!

The only king I would like to be is to be able to rule my own spirit.

最近的漫画争议重新审视了这个问题。在日益全球化的世界中，当我们在公共价值之间进行选择时，找出“高于”的公共价值是一个问题。这是尊重出版作品的自由，即使它们公开地、深刻地、故意地冒犯了一些人，还是尊重人们不被公开地、深刻地、故意地冒犯的权利?(我认为后者是一种普遍的公共价值，至少有一些优点，即使有些人可能会被视为犯罪，违反他们的教派价值观)。如果前一种价值高于后一种价值，这是否应该延伸到那些旨在通过给予深刻的、故意的冒犯来“展示”前一种价值高于后一种价值的出版物?如果有的话，法律的界限在哪里?如果后一种价值高于前一种价值，那么一个人宣布一种出版物具有深度和故意的冒犯性的权利的限制在哪里?如果要划的话，法定界限在哪里?这两种价值观有可能完全不兼容，尤其是当文化重叠的时候。

在这个讨论中，一个鲜为人知的侧边是，从历史上看，基督教原教旨主义已经相当脱离了立法价值。这取决于你相信原教旨主义是什么时候开始的(大多数历史学家认为19世纪的保守基督教徒与20世纪的原教旨主义者有所不同)，在道德多数派撤退之前，原教旨主义的基本政治冲动。政治是“世界的”，许多(如果不是大多数的话)原教旨主义者都有一种被称为“前千禧年主义”的脱离神学，它教导世界必须变得越来越糟(因为上帝是这样命令的)，直到基督回来。他们把这个世界看作是“罪的海洋”，福音信息就像一艘救生艇，把罪人从船上拽出来，使他们免于毁灭。重点是拯救罪人，而不是拯救社会秩序。
Undoubtedly, Jerry Falwell deserves the most credit for changing the fundamentalist political ethos into to what it is today. He shunned the Christian political engagement of Martin Luther King because it just wasn't the job of Christians to make the world better (the racial implications are also clear in this context). However, when he saw a growing acceptance in our society for not only "Adam and Even" but "Adam and Steve," that was too much. Christians had to speak out!
Falwell remains to this day a firm premillenialist, which is a screwy basis for political engagement, but other fundamentalists have adopted a different theological framework called "postmillenialism," which holds that Christ will only return WHEN Christians have so advanced a Christian society somewhere on the earth (American might be a good place for this, so they reason) that the world is "prepared" for his return. Postmillenialism is the theological substratum for a "theonomic" approach to government, which is really scary. Radical theonomists advocate a complete return to the Law of Moses as a framework for civil government, including capital punishment for adultary, blasphemy, and disobedient children (some secularists might endorse this idea!).
At any rate, many fundamentalist parishioners (and even some of their ministers) have no idea that their tradition is rooted in political disengagement, and many continue to attend churches with premillenialist doctrinal statements without having a clue as to what premillenialism actually is and how it de-legitimizes their political activities.

Let me begin by saying how much I enjoyed this post. So thoughtful and reasonable. However, I do have a response to this part of your post:
"Suppose that a substantial number of our fellow citizens do believe, as a matter of fundamental conviction, that the blastocyst is an already ensouled human life, with full human dignity. And suppose they believe this on dogmatic religious grounds. What are they to say to a state that will take no official notice of that conviction as a basis for public policy? ?Ah well, we lose! Those are the breaks.? Fat chance! Especially if that conviction is shared by millions of fellow citizens. Those who hold such convictions would seem as entitled as anybody else to mobilize to change public policy. Moreover, some such convictions are are tied to projects that are deeply identity-constituting for those who hold them. If I am a committed fundamentalist, I do not regard my views about the sanctity of life as optional things that I may fairly be asked to abandon as the price of entry into the public square. To abandon those convictions is to abandon my very identity."
As you noted earlier, those who hold convictions based on evidence that they could not reasonably expect their fellow citizens to accept are not entitled (if they form a majority) to mobilize to change public policy on the basis of those convictions. If they want to change public policy, let them find reasons that their fellows could reasonably be expected to accept (at least in principle). To say this is not to say that fundamentalists, say, must *abandon* their religious convictions in order to mobilize for policy change. It is to say that fundamentalists must *bracket* their religious convictions when arguing for one public policy over another. If we are all, fundamentalists and atheists alike, to live together in a single society that treats everyone with equal respect, then we must recognize that only public reasons are acceptable in the public square.

Here is an article I wrote these last 4 days on a current imporatant legislation issue. Since it involves current legislation in the Senate I put it here under "Legislating Values." I could not think of any other place to put it. I think it is philosophical because it involves America's morality regarding immigration in not in general how one man treats another fellow human being. Anyway it is an important topic, so I would like your philosophical viewpoint.
Slavery was outlawed with the emancipation proclamation, but there are still human beings treated like slaves in America. After slavery big business interests still needed people to pick the cotton and vegetables for if not free, very low wages, their solution, migrant labor. Since they are not Americans their human rights are not being looked after. Everyday labor from the backs of Mexican migrant workers feed the hungry mouths of Americans.
What do these Mexicans migrant workers get for their cheap labor? They receive ridicule and scorn from the media and politicians who look after business interests. The difference between the amount of money their labor should get and the amount of money their labor gets is their unrecognized contribution to America. So far this unjust solution has worked but Americans are starting to awaken to this injustice and see that immigration reform is needed.
Business interests that hire illegal workers for low wages have to keep the ridicule on Mexicans and make it look like Mexican migrants are the bad guys so that the spotlight will not be shined on them showing how they are taking advantage of Mexicans. If the spotlight was shined on them they would have to pay Mexican migrant workers at least minimum wage. In a country where the minimum wage is not a living wage, how much more so are business interests going to strive to keep Mexican illegal workers from being paid what their labor is truly worth. The criminals are not Mexican migrants but business interests that are taking advantage of their cheap labor.
Americans must tell their congressmen to pass a guest worker program that allows Mexicans to do the jobs that Americans won?t do such as farm labor and at least get paid minimum wage for it. America is a land of immigrants and Mexicans who cross the border to do jobs that Americans won?t do have contributed as much as other Americans to keep this country going.
Don?t get me wrong it is important for America to protect her borders. Passing a guest worker program will allow our border patrol to use the time they would normally use on catching migrant workers who are just trying to do an honest days work with their hands and concentrate on real criminals like drug dealers, human traffickers, gang members, and terrorists. America does not have control of her borders and the reason for this is because current immigration policy is outdated and flawed.
I am for a guest worker program that allows Mexican migrant workers to work in the United States to do work that American?s won?t do while at the same time providing America with verification of their identity. I am for strengthening borders security by taking such measures as building a fence. I am also for ending the ?catch and release? program that seems totally absurd. I am also for a law that requires all Border Patrol uniforms to be made in the United States.
既然我已经告诉了你我支持什么，我就告诉你我反对什么。我不赞成结束多元化移民签证计划，因为美国是一个融合了许多不同文化的大熔炉，我们应该鼓励我们的多样性。我不赞成将移民工人定为犯罪。我也不赞成将那些试图帮助在西南沙漠中因干渴而死亡的民工的宗教神职人员和好心人定罪。
The main point is that there are good and bad parts to the hr 4437 bill. Parts of the bill I feel are fueled by bigotry and racism or the need to appease those viewpoints, while other parts are badly needed to reform immigration. But I must state again that the immigration bill should not pass without a guest worker program that helps peaceful human beings feed their families through their labor without being criminals. There needs to be a guest worker program included in the bill. When you are eating a fruit, or making a dish for your children that requires a migrant worker?s labor remember the person who probably picked it and had to suffer injustice after injustice just so that you could put the food in your family?s mouth.

2/26/2010
Please tell the People why a force pay into a failed system of Health Care Insurance Companies, and also to futher burden that cost of a system by a tax forum ?
Thank You
我非常感谢所有在网上发布FASC概念和“把它传递出去”的新朋友。
这是一个诚实的医疗改革的基石，是一个伟大的经历，对于任何没有参与的人，你真的错过了让美国人伟大的东西。这种由政府官员创造的多样性已经失败，现在1.73亿美国人民的眼睛看着，第一次政府官员坐在一起，这是应该的。结果还有待观察。但他们知道，一种反常现象已经被创造出来了，这是因为宪法、权利法案和独立宣言的重组，在它原来创建的论坛?作为一个因素，人民有权撤销保护医疗保健公司不受人民伤害的法律修正案，超过一美元。
And I wish to say i write what is needed in order that some how I can undo all the wrong I have done in hopes that the slate will be wiped clean....
Just because our children do not understand I wish to share this again,
?For days I worked the word diversity in my mind and it came to me that because of this it is not Americas weakness it is our greatest strength. And this is how I will show you.
宪法,
Bill Of Rights -
The Declaration of Independence-
在一个论坛下，建立了所谓的三位一体的法律保护。这是因为这些律法是由有信心的人建立的，他们感谢神的智慧。人们不得不看到并欣赏这三个人合二为一的简单，同时又保持着各自的独立性。
在我们网站的第100页是早期阶段的所谓的“医疗保健的主要指示”，所以请访问并查看1.73亿人浏览的医疗保健。我们应该知道，第100页上的信息是真实的，并记录在法律与历史中。
Henry Massingale
FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward
www.fascmovement.mysite.comon google look for page 1 American dream official site.
2/26/2010
Wow, It was stated that Health care is not a moral issue,hmmmm
请允许我和你们分享一个小故事。当我看着我的母亲死于癌症，医疗保险公司像对待死在路边的狗一样对待她时，我从这个系统中退出了30多年，现在因为系统故障，IT进入了我的生活。当我看到政府官员们为医保美元而争吵时，这让我想起了田纳西州一个阳光明媚的日子，在朋友的农场里，一只小虫子飞到地上，小鸡们都掉了下来，天啊，天啊，虱子的叫声和羽毛都飞得很高，所以我弯腰从政府官员那里把这只吓坏了的小医保虫子拿了过来，现在它安全地在我手里。在我寻求帮助的过程中，我请求上帝帮助我建立一项改革，这是一项道德建设，让人类变得更好，重建美利坚合众国的国家安全。你永远猜不到上帝让我看到了什么。This little blog statement you will find true,
first;
我非常感谢所有在网上发布FASC概念和“把它传递出去”的新朋友。
这是一个诚实的医疗改革的基石，是一个伟大的经历，对于任何没有参与的人，你真的错过了让美国人伟大的东西。这种由政府官员创造的多样性已经失败，现在1.73亿美国人民的眼睛看着，第一次政府官员坐在一起，这是应该的。结果还有待观察。但他们知道，一种反常现象已经被创造出来了，这是因为宪法、权利法案和独立宣言的重组，在它原来创建的论坛?作为一个因素，人民有权撤销保护医疗保健公司不受人民伤害的法律修正案，超过一美元。
And I wish to say i write what is needed in order that some how I can undo all the wrong I have done in hopes that the slate will be wiped clean....
Just because our children do not understand I wish to share this again,
?For days I worked the word diversity in my mind and it came to me that because of this it is not Americas weakness it is our greatest strength. And this is how I will show you.
宪法,
Bill Of Rights -
The Declaration of Independence-
在一个论坛下，建立了所谓的三位一体的法律保护。这是因为这些律法是由有信心的人建立的，他们感谢神的智慧。人们不得不看到并欣赏这三个人合二为一的简单，同时又保持着各自的独立性。
在我们网站的第100页是早期阶段的所谓的“医疗保健的主要指示”，所以请访问并查看1.73亿人浏览的医疗保健。我们应该知道，第100页上的信息是真实的，并记录在法律与历史中。
Henry Massingale
FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward
www.fascmovement.mysite.comon google look for page 1 American dream official site.

大家好，我再次来到这里，与大家一起写博客，向大家展示，将1.73亿互联网网站的浏览量联合起来的因果关系，是如何迫使政府签署这项法案成为法律的，而现在，它应该在法庭上签署。官员寻求平衡，我寻求不平衡，因为我想要和89%的人民一样，一个诚实的改革。
I am sorry but this Bill to Law needs to go back to formula. It is not built on equal standing between Social Grace of People and The People.
首先，不知何故，有许多人不了解政府内部管理机构的功能。首先，大约有60个个人席位负责起草这些法律，包括民主党和共和党。然后这个法律法案进行投票，大约有500名共和党人和民主党人参加投票。说这是奥巴马法案，在用词上不是政治正确。
Now lets get to the issues of this Bill of Law being Unconstitutional.
I agree this new Health Care Law borders on a Constitutional Infringement and within the rush of putting it into action, a balance of dollar issues is lost. The placement of threats against the People is in fact Unconstitutional, as will as force pay.
不幸的是，反对该法案的法律部门需要通过人民的声音在宪法侵权概念中进行重组，正是人民的声音指导着国家的命运和法院的决定。例如，1亿人的重量，他们在法庭上的话语带来的价值的重量，不是摧毁这个法案，而是让它回到公式。
I must agree with people that this Bill to Law is built within the concept of Social Grace and I do not blame people one bit for the out cry of the burden place against Companies and people that make a great deal of money.
The use of FASC Concepts 10% per cent on a yearly income that may have been used by Officials is in error because this forum of mine looks into the economic conditions within each home before a placement of payment can go forward, and we believe in the freedom of choice. {As of yet there has been no reply by Officials of Government if they used our Concepts.}
To show people that I do not belong to any Governing Parties or Insurance Companies, please enjoy the Roll back Concepts of FASC under economy buster at our site.
This issue we find unfair, According to information, that Tax Payers pay for over 75% of all Medical Cost for Government Officials. As it would seem this Social Grace, is not of a equal standing, as stated in Bill 101 of the New Health Care Laws. Government Officials are Civil Servants According to Law and should not be above the Law of this 10% Force Pay on a Yearly Income. Health care for U.S. Politicians receive the Countrys ,New health care plan to cover all government people (When the President, Senators, ... leaves office do they lose their federal employee health care or go on cobra like concept... Make them pay for their own Health care just as we do if they refuse to pay tax, what then ? { you can find this story also at the page for economy buster and the link } ...
My big complaint is that the 10% based, Health Care Forum Bill 101 is lacking inter structure and will not help the economic effected people, and will burden people who all ready have insurance.
This 1900 pages of Law is untested and only in theory. The fact still remains that because this Health Care System is a $100 Trillion Dollar per year system ,we feel that the Court should place this new Tax Theory { Bill to Law} under Court Supervision for 3 years, because of the failure of Officials to fix the existing Tax System. Without further in site of a balance, only a way to balance the existing in a concept that still eludes practical guidelines. As in I see no back up ideas like {plan B} and it, this Tax Plan is still based on a dollars being a constant flow of cash.
According to information that there is a plan to lay off City and County workers, that it is considered cheaper to put them on unemployment and Social Services then payroll. What would be more practical is to have every other weekend off or for those who wish, each weekend off. This includes Postal Workers. Also as in Deer field Beach Florida a out side contractor has offered a Bid Per Purposed Contract and lay offs will be against employees under so much time in and on that County job.
We do understand that Governing Officials are desperate for this Health Care Money, so as a concept of a way to balance trust again between Officials and the People, any Government official that has a Job Concept, they must put up a Bond as a Contractor would to build a project. Once the Job Conclusion has reached a successful point in it creation, Officials receive a refund.
如前所述，这一医疗保健美元属于人民，而我手中确实有这一小小的医疗保健虫子。2.5亿人的平衡的观点,所有的这种多样性由官员也慢慢的沉默,因为我讲的人,我提供的意见构建块医疗改革,因为我的概念在这卫生保健问题,改革政府,我会问美国最高法院将在法院监督下摊还给这个卫生保健美元,直到认为值得的人的一部分。
在三年内，我们的预算/赤字可以达到1.2万亿美元的正余额。但首先我们必须提出一个工作，在反战争犯罪论坛上战略性地重建美国。To place Factories where they serve that area of city or town.
我目睹了7年的失败，直到今天?我看见这个吗?，但没有官方的干预。官员们的帽子都是骗子给的，阿拉伯毒品帝国，洞穴居民。这个问题与我的信仰无关，我只能与你们分享我30多年来所看到的情况，人民必须团结起来，对这项新法律和我们的政府进行改革。
No I am sorry President Obama, Officials need to earn trust again, and to become as one with the People. This is a way to say, look into the economic conditions at persons home before you over burden their lives, with this Bill to Law. This is why you was voted into Office.....
FASC的“把爱传出去”概念覆盖了整个网络看看为什么我们会成为美国最大的网站，我们感谢成千上万的人，他们通过我们发出了共同的声音。
on google , yahoo, and aolwww.fascmovement.mysite.com