tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799077608689973270.post2224981566403925522..comments2019-06-12T02:34:09.154-07:00Comments on The American Individualist: Corporate Environmentalism Questioned—But That’s AllJoseph Kellardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05792444138935346026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799077608689973270.post-40301104971825239442007-11-06T06:00:00.000-08:002007-11-06T06:00:00.000-08:00Burgess,Thank you for your reply--and, certainly, ...Burgess,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your reply--and, certainly, I agree. My post was originally written for HBL, where the rule is that posts cannot exceed 400 words. So I was restricted in elaborating on my last point, my "lecturing" comment, which was intended to succinctly suggest a starting point for this executive to change his mind about pursuing “corporate environmentalism.” It was written in the same way that an Objectivist on TV -- after making a detailed argument about the evils of government intervention into the free market – might say when he’s told he has just five more seconds to talk: “For further details, read Atlas Shrugged.” <BR/><BR/>Joseph KellardJoseph Kellardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05792444138935346026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799077608689973270.post-81163008416973163562007-11-05T05:51:00.000-08:002007-11-05T05:51:00.000-08:00I doubt that a "good lecturing" while change this ...I doubt that a "good lecturing" while change this businessman's views. Environmentalism is a whole worldview. For some individuals it is a religious worldview; and for others it is philosophical. Either way, fundamental ideas, for most people, come from the intellectuals in their society, past and present.<BR/><BR/>Until the fundamental ideas available in the culture change for the better, this businessman and others will continue following one or the other of many bad worldviews available today.<BR/><BR/>Burgess Laughlin<BR/>http://www.aristotleadventure.blogspot.com/Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.com