01-14-2020, 12:02 AM
Love is not rational. Neither are most aesthetic judgments. Neither are the basic moral imperatives such as "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not steal". Nobody can live on pure reason.
When it comes to the needful collective decisions, rationality becomes necessary. Non-rational choices lead to economic failure and ethical calamities. If I am to undergo surgery, then I do not want a flake as a surgeon.
I prefer that politicians not make contradictory promises that they can never fulfill even if they try, and that implode if they try. Logical contradictions almost always result in falsity... as Donald Trump shows.
We liberals have quit playing games. We are like the seals that lead a hungry great white shark intent on devouring us toward an even hungrier killer whale.
When it comes to the needful collective decisions, rationality becomes necessary. Non-rational choices lead to economic failure and ethical calamities. If I am to undergo surgery, then I do not want a flake as a surgeon.
I prefer that politicians not make contradictory promises that they can never fulfill even if they try, and that implode if they try. Logical contradictions almost always result in falsity... as Donald Trump shows.
We liberals have quit playing games. We are like the seals that lead a hungry great white shark intent on devouring us toward an even hungrier killer whale.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.