Posted on 04/07/2018 6:05:00 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion
Another simplification is this:
This sentence is false.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox#G%C3%B6del’s_first_incompleteness_theorem
Care Liberty Fairness Loyalty Authority Sanctity
vs.
harm oppression cheating betrayal subversion degradation. . . and notes that liberals focus first on care vs. harm, less on liberty vs. oppression and fairness vs. cheating - and not at all on "Loyalty vs. betrayal," Authority vs. subversion," or Sanctity vs degradation. Conservatives can only view neglect of those latter three pillars as cynicism. People who neglect those pillars entirely cannot encompass the totality of human concerns with whatever mathematics they may employ.
FWIW.
All historical efforts to “reform” human nature have failed miserably.
Capitalism is the purist expression of human nature ever devised.
Morality is NOT subjective.
Only ones Self is sovereign.
All “groups” have leaders which results in compromise.
I will never compromise my sovereignty.
An interesting article and more interesting posts. Thanks, c_I_c...and thanks to every poster.
“Only ones Self is sovereign.”
I wouldn’t even say one’s self is sovereign, either. God’s sovereignty is above ANY sense of self. But definitely agreed with the rest.
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