Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Pre-Established Harmony and Internetwork

For some, the concept of human interconnectivity is Metaphysical, such as Leibniz' thesis of Pre-Established Harmony.  But, the essence of the latter is the principle of Predetermination, which Leibniz buttresses with the Best of All Possible Worlds thesis to explain the existence of suffering--a condition that is unsurpassable by human agency, because of the irreality of any such agency.  In contrast, fundamental human interconnectivity is, with no such mystification, as easily accounted for by the underlying unity of the species as is the commonality of blood types, genetic material, etc.  Furthermore, that plain fact is not constrained by the modal limitation of Leibniz' concatenation, thus leaving open the possibility of betterment.  Among the means to such betterment are improvements in the means of production, of communication, and of transportation, as well as in modes of social organization.  The aim of Political Philosophy is to devise the latter, and, unhindered by restrictions such as Leibniz' Theological commitments, a malleable human Internetwork can be recognized as the raw material of such a project.

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