But whereas soft or large items inspire questions in minds of an abstract bent, and the perception of examples of justice or self-control presupposes moral development, beautiful things strike everyone.
Counterforce presupposed that adversaries would agree to strike only certain restricted military targets to protect those forces needed for an effective retaliatory second strike (necessary for deterrence to work).
This idea strikes me as more than a little dotty.As Jason Brennan, a philosopher at Georgetown, puts it, "this presupposes that if you hire someone for, say, 40 hours a week, you owe him enough money for him to lead a decent life".
It presupposes a plan, reasons for things.
"Which just presupposes a very short distance".
And: "To disagree presupposes moral integrity".
"The welfare state presupposes a strong community.
Because the nature of our reason presupposes space and time.
But that presupposes some minimal level of insight and meaning.
The notion of action presupposes that something has to happen.
