Libertarian and Objectivist worldviews have a fatal flaw, and that is Pride. Pride and confidence are exalted as virtues in those systems when they are actually hubris and folly.
We are finite and fully understand nothing, and are continually surprised and dismayed. That is why we should conform our decisions to God's directives and principles, even when it is not convenient. We do not have, nor will we ever have, all the data points.
Wisdom comes from God; not from Harvard , Columbia, or Alan Greenspan.
As the maxim says, “All power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“Libertarian and Objectivist worldviews have a fatal flaw, and that is Pride. Pride and confidence are exalted as virtues in those systems when they are actually hubris and folly.
We are finite and fully understand nothing, and are continually surprised and dismayed. That is why we should conform our decisions to God’s directives and principles, even when it is not convenient. We do not have, nor will we ever have, all the data points.”
With all due respect, what is God’s prescription for an optimal economy?
The principle of free and open markets is fully in line with self determination, free will and other core Christian values. Surely far more so than socialism and central control of the economy...
>>>We are finite and fully understand nothing, and are continually surprised and dismayed. That is why we should conform our decisions to God’s directives and principles, even when it is not convenient. We do not have, nor will we ever have, all the data points.<<<
That is some of the most brilliant thinking ever presented on this website. Thank you.