Hitler wanted a master race, of ideal men and women, all of them strong, handsome, virtuous. He also wanted them to have ideal intellects, which is a problem. He wanted them to think, and to think his way. But if everyone thinks the same way…
…who’s thinking?
Some years back, conservative columnist George F. Will argued that colleges are too liberal.
If liberalism means the freedom to consider new ideas, what else would we expect?
The world is changing rapidly – politically, socially, technologically – and progress requires us to pursue critical thinking, and to resist authority.
Through semantic change, normal words become pejoratives & slurs. The real problem is often a discomfort with the situation.
For the sake of conversation, let’s say the human brain is like an automobile, and there are three basic models: the Corvette, the Silverado, or the amphibious Max IV 6-wheeler ATV. You get to choose. The Corvette is the sexiest, the social elite; as a mind, it’s the equivalent of, say, Carrie Fisher, easily one of … [Read more…]
Design your criminal: should incarceration generate criminal rehabilitation, or dehabilitation? What does justice mean if it doesn’t make us safer?
The aids impact went far beyond the victims, because it changed the rest of us and — perhaps — created a more tolerant and compassionate world.
Society vs humanity: in contrast to the community, the society is self-serving and exclusive, and therefore anti-humane.
Community vs Society: we tend to interchange the two words, but they are different: inclusive vs exclusive, tolerance vs intolerance.
Hugh Thompson’s moral courage in protecting civilians from Task Force Barker in the My Lai Massacre changed the practice of warfare, and our view of war.