TPP asymmetry

Posted by glen ep ropella on Nov 19, 2013; 4:25pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/11-American-Nations-tp7584250p7584306.html

On 11/13/2013 09:05 AM, Steve Smith wrote:

> On 11/13/2013 07:00 AM, glen wrote:
>>
>> OK.  I confess that I do have 2 primary measures of "bad": 1) opacity -
>> as we've discussed and 2) asymmetry.  In any asymmetric relationship,
>> the one(s) with the advantage has the moral responsibility to
>> modify/regulate their own actions so that the one(s) with the
>> disadvantage isn't (unwillingly) exploited or bullied.  I should say
>> _try_ to modify/regulate... because it's a _very_ difficult thing to do,
>> for anyone.  And if there are more than 2 parties, even perceiving 3 or
>> more dimensions is hard, much less measuring the amount of symmetry in
>> those dimensions.
>
> Yes... sounds like those good ole values of honesty and fair play to
> me.  Huzzah!  We at least share this one heuristic about moral behaviour
> it seems?

Appropriate to this context, I stumbled on this:

The United States is isolated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/11/18/the-united-states-is-isolated-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-negotiations/

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