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Georgist Conference in Baltimore
Dec. 29th, 2018 01:55 pmOn Tuesday, August 28, 2018, we began with Open Mike.
Dr. William Batt began with a quotation from Archilochos: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing,” which he uses as an email sig. He mentioned Isaiah Berlin and Steven J. Gould. Ways of integrating their world view. Georgism as an integrated paradigm. He spoke of first, the psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg on the stages of moral reasoning; secondly, of a New Age philosopher (my notes here are inadequate); and thirdly, of Georgism.
Then I took a turn. I mentioned an elderly lady at the farmers’ market in Arlington, who was registering people to vote if they were not already registered, and who knew about Georgism. Then I spoke of a Toastmaster who had been impressed by my speeches, and had been interested in perhaps attending the conference. He had not done so, but might next year.
Then Joe Johnston, whose sig is “More jobs per acre,” referred to the parable of the Good Samaritan, which posed the question, “Who was his neighbor?” We should pose the question, “Should we tax landowners or workers?”
Ralph Rivera, a first time attendee, said that he had worked with his hands (he looked like a manual laborer). He attended the Henry George School, and got his intellectual skills back. People there are open-minded, he said.
To be continued.
Dr. William Batt began with a quotation from Archilochos: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing,” which he uses as an email sig. He mentioned Isaiah Berlin and Steven J. Gould. Ways of integrating their world view. Georgism as an integrated paradigm. He spoke of first, the psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg on the stages of moral reasoning; secondly, of a New Age philosopher (my notes here are inadequate); and thirdly, of Georgism.
Then I took a turn. I mentioned an elderly lady at the farmers’ market in Arlington, who was registering people to vote if they were not already registered, and who knew about Georgism. Then I spoke of a Toastmaster who had been impressed by my speeches, and had been interested in perhaps attending the conference. He had not done so, but might next year.
Then Joe Johnston, whose sig is “More jobs per acre,” referred to the parable of the Good Samaritan, which posed the question, “Who was his neighbor?” We should pose the question, “Should we tax landowners or workers?”
Ralph Rivera, a first time attendee, said that he had worked with his hands (he looked like a manual laborer). He attended the Henry George School, and got his intellectual skills back. People there are open-minded, he said.
To be continued.
