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2007-09-26 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Mike 2007-09-26 08:01|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 With all due respect to Pinker---E. O. Wilson did it first, and he did it better.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-09-26 10:29|| 2007-09-26 10:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Third, if our (human) nature blocks off a certain kind of change, then that's what it does. What matters is whether it's true that it blocks that kind of change, not whether you think it's a bad or non-progressive thing for it to block it. If you say that it can't block it because it would be bad for it to do so, you're saying that the truth is defined by your political priorities and not by the way the world actually is - a morally dangerous path to set out upon.

I would suggest that the refusal to abandon moral or cultural relativismeven when it is contradicted by all external evidenceis one of those things that liberals incorrectly identify as a fundamental component of human nature when it is really just a contrived mindset. Little else can explain how liberals reject the notion that they would be the first to die under Islam's sword.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-26 15:16|| 2007-09-26 15:16|| Front Page Top

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