[17664] in APO-L
Re: Just some ruminations from an old lister...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph M. Fisher)
Thu Nov 20 10:17:43 1997
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:19:15 -0800
Reply-To: "Joseph M. Fisher" <jfisher@RacerX.mse.jhu.edu>
From: "Joseph M. Fisher" <jfisher@RacerX.mse.jhu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <9711191643.AA09062@RacerX.mse.jhu.edu>
> "You had been given the task of choosing a fourth principle for
> Alpha Phi Omega. Your choice has been narrowed to duty and honor,
> which do *you* choose and why?"
> think about it, as much of the philosophical under-pinning of both
> discussions comes down to that fine distinction.
I choose honor, because it is self-imposed. Duty implies that the
directive is from above - for example, it is a duty to register for the
draft. I am uncomfortable with directives from above - they unnecessarily
restrict liberty - etc. etc. etc.
Maybe John could explain this more? I don't understand how it plays out
in our argument.
Something that is consistently NOT being mentioned here is the source of
the all-male-chapters argument. The 1976 resolution, by preserving a
niche for all-male chapters, left unclear the status of two groups of
people:
* women at schools with all-male chapters.
* female brothers who transfer into such schools.
Should they have the opportunity to be active in APO? If so, how should
this be done? Those are the issues that need to be settled. We can argue
all we want about keeping a promise and about sister sororities, but that
will not answer the question.
-- Cyrano
