Posted on 08/29/2006 6:51:14 AM PDT by headsonpikes
We all know the basic alternatives that form the familiar "spectrum" of American politics and culture.
If a young person is turned off by religion or attracted by the achievements of science, and he wants to embrace a secular outlook, he is told--by both sides of the debate--that his place is with the collectivists and social subjectivists of the left. On the other hand, if he admires the free market and wants America to have a bold, independent national defense, then he is told--again, by both sides--that his natural home is with the religious right.
But what if all of this is terribly wrong? What if it's possible to hold some of the key convictions associated with the right, being pro-free-market and supporting the war, and even to do so more strongly and consistently than most on the right--but still to be secular? What if it's possible to reject the socialism subjectivism of the left and believe in the importance of morality, but without believing in God? ....
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Why are you so obsessive? Ascribe, subscribe, describe, prescribe, proscribe--they all pretty much mean the same thing.
yes, absent empiricism, relativistic and revisionistic behaviors do tend to crop up among the fringers on both Left AND Right.
Excellent, perhaps you can go out and play now.
"I'm not a grown-up, but I slept at a Holiday Inn last night..."
:D
Yeah, dogs know what is most likely to set you off.
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