[FoRK] materialism vs. humanism

[Russell Turpin]

drernie at radicalcentrism.org:
> Consider this list of so-called "transcendent" values:
>
> * love
> * beauty
> * justice
> * truth
> * virtue
> * mystery
>
> Are those really attributes _of_ the "real world", or simply _human_
> affect projected _onto_ the real world?

Those are all human interpretation and evaluation of the world. They exist
only within the minds of the agents who create and apply those abstractions. 
Love, to take the first, is not embodied externally to people, neither in 
the goddess Aphrodite nor in the Christian god.

Which makes it part of the real world, and means that the answer to your
question is "both." Humans are part of the real world. If you meant your 
"or" in the exclusive sense, then it is a false dichotomy.
 
_________________________________________________________________
The best games are on Xbox 360.  Click here for a special offer on an Xbox 360 Console.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy/