> Another example is normative statements such as "corporations should
> pay more tax". One can agree or disagree with them, but they are not
> true or false (or meaningless).
David, I think that when most people make normative statements they intend to assert the truth of those propositions. I'm not claiming to be able to get inside anybody else's head, but it's my impression that most people do believe that there are at least a few "moral facts," e.g. people should be nice to each other, murder is wrong, welfare queens should get real jobs. It's my impression that the Robert Anton Wilson's and the Terrence McKenna's of the world are in the minority on this matter. I think most people BELIEVE their normative declarations.
-KMO
TOTD for 02/05/99:
I don't believe anything I write or say. I regard belief as a form of brain damage, the death of intelligence, the fracture of creativity, the atrophy of imagination. I have opinions but no Belief System (B.S.).