[GJM] [Intertax] What Would YOU Really Do? 3.

[robert searle]

An excellent response!

R.Searle

--- JoAnne Van Datta <vand at efn.org> wrote:

> Unfortunately, we are "programmed" both to behave
> "selfishly" for survival
> (territoriality, competition, etc.) AND to behave
> "unselfishly"
> (compassion, cooperation,etc.). The newer parts of
> the brain facilitating
> cooperation, communication,  foresight, etc. must be
> highly educated, 
> developed,
> nurtured "holistically" to minimize default to the
> older, less creative 
> brain.
> This is the tragic human dilemma. While we have
> compiled great wisdom
> over the millenia with which to behave lovingly,
> responsibly, ethically, it
> remains inadequate to counteract the motivations of
> the exclusive and
> violent among us. It will take an unprecedented
> interdisciplinary, global,
> multicultural effort to wage peace through the just
> sharing of resources.
> Personally, I can no longer imagine such
> selflessness on the part of
> those enslaved by  fear, testosterone and aggressive
> brain stem activity.
> J. VanDatta Chapito, BS Anthropology, MS Counseling
> Psychology
> 
> 
> 
> robert searle wrote:
> > --- robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> --- "Sikka, Prem N" <prems at essex.ac.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Robert,
> >>> I doubt if there is anything innate or genetic
> >>>       
> >> about
> >>     
> >>> the proposition. It
> >>> is all learnt and socially constructed.
> >>> Anthropologists (Malinowski,
> >>> Levi-Strauss and others) have written about
> >>> societies which had no
> >>> concept of private property and some
> (Aboriginals)
> >>> had no concept of
> >>> ownership of land.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>> Prem Sikka
> >>> Professor of Accounting
> >>> Department of Accounting, Finance and Management
> >>> University of Essex
> >>> Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ,UK
> >>>  
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: intertax-bounces at listen.attac.de
> >>> [mailto:intertax-bounces at listen.attac.de] On
> >>>       
> >> Behalf
> >>     
> >>> Of robert searle
> >>> Sent: 02 November 2006 16:16
> >>> To: intertax at listen.attac.de
> >>> Subject: [Intertax] What Would really YOU do?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dear All,
> >>>
> >>>          If you were a super-rich businessman,
> or
> >>> woman would you not want to keep as much of your
> >>> profits from taxman as possible? Is this not a
> >>> normal
> >>> instinct?
> >>>
> >>> I do feel Intertax is very one-sided.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Robert Searle
> >>>
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