From: Elizaphanian (Elizaphanian@members.v21.co.uk)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 21:49:40 BST
Hi David,
You definitely answered the goodwill part, thank you, that cleared up that
element.
On the intellectually able part you said: "If progressive and conservative
ideologies represent intellectual and social values respectively, then by
definition conservatives are, in some sense, intellectually disabled or
rather UNable."
I agree with you that if you grant the definition, your conclusion follows.
So let me put this part of the question a little differently. Is it your
view that those who are Conservative (politicians/ voters/ sympathisers) are
unenlightened?
(By unenlightened I mean that (very generally speaking) they view the world
through a lens that has been effectively shown as false, and so therefore
the question of why they hold the views they do is a matter for
psychological or moral investigation, not further rational debate. Their
view cannot be rationally or intellectually defended, therefore the fact
that a person holds such a view needs to be explained by non-rational
factors.)
Sam
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