Difference between revisions of "Liberals and reason"
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'''Liberals and reason''' do not mix, because as soon as the conversation turns toward reason and rationality, liberalism is on shaky ground. The typical liberal reaction to an argument which refutes a liberal position is to attack the character of the person making the argument (see [[ad hominem]]), complain that the argument is too short, too long, that the argument was expressed the wrong format or venue, etc. Anything but actually addressing the points being made. | '''Liberals and reason''' do not mix, because as soon as the conversation turns toward reason and rationality, liberalism is on shaky ground. The typical liberal reaction to an argument which refutes a liberal position is to attack the character of the person making the argument (see [[ad hominem]]), complain that the argument is too short, too long, that the argument was expressed the wrong format or venue, etc. Anything but actually addressing the points being made. | ||
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| + | {{quotebox|“Our culture, including all that we are taught in schools and universities, is so infused with patriarchal thinking that it must be torn up root and branch if genuine change is to occur. Everything must go - even the allegedly universal disciplines of logic, mathematics and science, and the intellectual values of objectivity, clarity and precision on which the former depend.” — Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge, Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women’s Studies, (New York Basic Books, 1994), p.116 [http://endofmen.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/why-feminism-is-a-fraud/] }} | ||
Revision as of 22:18, March 27, 2008
Liberals and reason do not mix, because as soon as the conversation turns toward reason and rationality, liberalism is on shaky ground. The typical liberal reaction to an argument which refutes a liberal position is to attack the character of the person making the argument (see ad hominem), complain that the argument is too short, too long, that the argument was expressed the wrong format or venue, etc. Anything but actually addressing the points being made.
A feminist example
“Our culture, including all that we are taught in schools and universities, is so infused with patriarchal thinking that it must be torn up root and branch if genuine change is to occur. Everything must go - even the allegedly universal disciplines of logic, mathematics and science, and the intellectual values of objectivity, clarity and precision on which the former depend.” — Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge, Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women’s Studies, (New York Basic Books, 1994), p.116 [1]