The Latest Attack Ad

4 thoughts on “The Latest Attack Ad”

1. What no credit? **pouts** ;P

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2. I found it kind of mildly amusing.

   So far as can tell, the claims the voiceover attributes to Kant are correct (I don’t know anything about Kant’s aesthetics).

   A more interesting attack on Kant would be that he refuses to help Jewish people to escape from the Gestapo. In a sense this is true since Kant insists that one should never lie. The classic example is whether or not one should lie to the Gestapo when one is hiding a Jewish person in one’s attic. The traditional interpretation is that Kant says one should not lie in such a situation. Hence, in the typical twisted scheme of an attack ad, Kant refuses to help Jewish people. But of course this is a shallow reading of Kant, just the sort of interpretation that others can use against him.

   Also, I don’t think Nietzsche would stand for election. Kant might, but not Nietzsche.

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3. BD — Actually, I didn’t get it from you (though I see you posted it first).

   Dave — Well, if you’re going to get all *historical* on us … 🙂

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4. Hee!

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