As I’ve never really fully articulated this concept before, this is very likely going to be a multi-part posting, so I’ll give you the synopsis first and go into more explicit detail after the page break. This concept ties in with an entire “Mature Mindset” philosophy I’m playing with… the Theory of Tools bit [...]
…any justification for a course of action that affects society in general must be supported by the facts of reality. In other words, debate surrounding any proposed law must be derived from the reality in which all our citizens reside; to attempt to justify a law via belief (ANY belief) is irresponsible, not to mention unfair to people who do NOT support that belief.
My final contention, indeed the postulate of my entire personal philosphy, is that only true, unbiased open-mindedness enables an entity (person, group, government, etc.) sufficient suceptibility to new data to form responsible opinions and courses of action. Admittedly, that last sentence there is a mouthful, and is likely to be interrupted with spurious cries of “nuh-uh!” (or your local equivalent; I’m paraphrasing here) before it can be successfully posited. Therefore, I choose to give a name to this philosophy, so that it may be introduced with the maximum of alacrity and a minimum of jackassus interruptus potential: I choose to call this the Sentient philosophy.
Capitalism contains a fairly efficient and fluid value system: a person, item or service is worth whatever demand for that person, item or service is willing to pay. Any particular commodity in our society is worth more than a comparable commodity if it possesses some quality that the prospective buyer finds useful. However, in our [...]
Ok, I stole the title for this post from a totally bitchin’ bumper sticker I spotted on a vechical at my last apartment, but it sums up my feeling on the subject quite nicely. So nicely, in fact, that I’m stealing it for use as the title of this post. There, the circle [...]