“In the end, the entire exercise was to condition the students to reject moral absolutism.”
Mark Levin has discussed the whole modern Left originating as a reaction against the Enlightenment - the scientific method, objective logical analysis, freedom of conscience, open debate, and rule of law.
The Left instead championed Romantic concepts, like the intuitive wisdom of Rousseau’s Noble Savage, and promoted the emotionally inflamed subjective mob rule of the French Revolution - the first of the “Red Terrors”. Rhetoric, rather than logic.
Mark Levin has discussed the whole modern Left originating as a reaction against the Enlightenment - the scientific method, objective logical analysis, freedom of conscience, open debate, and rule of law.
The Left instead championed Romantic concepts, like the intuitive wisdom of Rousseau’s Noble Savage, and promoted the emotionally inflamed subjective mob rule of the French Revolution - the first of the “Red Terrors”. Rhetoric, rather than logic.
This is the “Real War” that most don’t know we are fighting.
I have always been a very optimistic person but the more I “Pay attention” the more pessimistic I become.
It’s hard enough to have an in depth exchange on FR about these concepts never mind having a discussion with your neighbors or co-workers.
” the whole modern Left originating as a reaction against the Enlightenment - the scientific method, objective logical analysis, freedom of conscience, open debate, and rule of law.”
All true.
Good luck trying to get someone else to even thoughtfully consider the position. Much less engage you in discussion.