From: jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 10:16:19 +0800
To: Mike McNally <m5@vail.tivoli.com>
Subject: RE: A Libertine Question
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Mike McNally <m5@vail.tivoli.com> wrote:
>Uhh, "fail to save" isn't a moral judgement; it's an observable 
>phenomenon.  Either somebody does save money or they don't.  I
>don't see in Tim's wording any judgement being made.  It's a 
>numerical thing.

>If you replace "drink too much," with "drink enough that they", you
>get another observable phenomenon.

As is the observable phenomenon that some people focus on the details and miss
the point. You may also consider this to be a moral judgement.

To argue that the cited examples - out of the universe of possible examples -
did not imply a moral judgement is an argument useful only for its humour.

James