Justice before lessening poverty?

Stranger: I read philosophy, yes

Stranger: metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, politics

Stranger: legal theory

You: do you follow any one in particular?

Stranger: Aristotelian-Thomistic scholasticism

You: looking up...

You: can you explain, in a nutshell?

Stranger: Well, to explain it so you cand understand it, that would requires a book. To give a simplistic nearly caricatural outlook of it, ues I can.

Stranger: by metaphysics, we can know that the only coherent philosophy is one which pressupose one god, all powerful, all knowing, good. (that christianity is the only fitting it in theory, and by evidence, proving it empirically, is another matter out of scholastic metaphysics.

Stranger: then, there is natural law : human nature has aim in it, which allow us to know by reason, what is good

You: & the book you recommend?

Stranger: http://www.amazon.com/Aquinas-Beginners-Guide-Edward-Feser/dp/1851686908/ref=pd_sim_b_1

You: thanks for both

You: I bet you could guess what I follow/belive

You: http://logs.omegle.com/60f2c10

Stranger: No.

Stranger: I do not like to do guesses.

You: Aw, you're no fun

Stranger: Indeed

You: Your job?

Stranger: None of your concern.

You: Okay, well thanks again for the book/description--but do you

You: know any other good nonfiction?

You: (not particularly related to philo)

You: or--whichever

Stranger: anything by Edward Feser

You: so you don't read eclectically?

Stranger: programming, metaphysics, epistemology, theology, ethics, politics, history, legal theory, strategy, economics

Stranger: psychology, evolution

Stranger: I think I do read eclectically

You: what kind of strategy, economics

You: I'm asking for recommendations

You: psych too please

Stranger: I am changing right now of global philosophical paradigm.

Stranger: So no, I can not make good recommendation, for my view of what is good, is changing, and it requires few years to rework what is a good reference in each of those field.

Stranger: I could advice one blog about usury.

Stranger: If economics is your thing.

You: I understand, so no more books?

Stranger: Kind of.

You: I guess internet resources are just as well

You: Why would anyone want to know about usury?

Stranger: Because economics is what allow to understand which economics rules allow, ceteris paribus, for a prosperous society.

You: the illegal practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest?

You: I'm asking why you'd be interested in that

Stranger: This is not what is usury.

Stranger: First, usury can be legal.

Stranger: Second, usury is not about high interest rates (which can be immoral, but hat does not make it usury)

Stranger: Looking for the technical definition

You: Ah

Stranger: debt that are full recourse

Stranger: in non judicial terms : there is two kind of debt.

Stranger: One which only has non-human property as colateral.

Stranger: like, if a mortage only had the house itself, or another physical property (another house, a car, a luxury watch...)

Stranger: as collateral (if you can not pay (and not if you do not want to pay but can), they use the colateral, and can not take anything more from you)

Stranger: that is non-recourse, the interest rate can be incredibly high, it is still not usury

Stranger: a 0.000001% loan that is full-recourse, is usury

Stranger: you can be forced, to pay debt, which mean in practice, a form of debt-slavery (some form of income, or all, taken from your salary as you earn it)

Stranger: bankruptcy rules limit to some degree such debt-slavery

Stranger: but federal student loans in US, can not be defaulted by bankruptcy

Stranger: so, it is usury

You: allright

You: I'll assume you're a law grad/doc student

Stranger: I am not

Stranger: My major was programming, I work in a coffee shop

Stranger: I learn quickly

You: Why so much interest in litigation?

Stranger: Because law is the tool to protect the innocent

Stranger: to assure peace

You: interesting

Stranger: It is the difference between justice, and tyranny

You: Have you thought about people in poverty, abject poverty?

Stranger: Yes

Stranger: But that is called charity, and economics

You: =J I know

Stranger: but without justice, they can be neither

You: true

You: You think at a higher level then me

Stranger: I searched for truth for a long time

You: What motivates you

You: for lack of a better term

Stranger: Truth, Justice

You: Anything specific?

Stranger: I was specific enough

You: I mean like an event or realization in you life

You: something like that anyway

Stranger: I always loved truth as far I can remember

Stranger: the first time I opened a book about history, or saw a documentary about science, I was hooked

Stranger: I always loved those 2, and they are part of me, Without such love, I do not see any meaning or interest in living, I'd rather die

You: hmm, well

You: this has been an sagacious chat

You: oh, and what adult stages of development do you know about?

Stranger: too many of that name

You: 9?

Stranger: I read some theory about that, that was a long time ago

Stranger: so I do not remember, did not strike me as very useful

Stranger: Why should I care?

You: Hey, I just thought you cared about truth

You: if you truly believe somethings not useful

You: to each his own

Stranger: I did not read 10 thousand pages of quantum theory

Stranger: I did in economics

Stranger: I value specialization

Stranger: I learn what I think is worth learning, my time is limited