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> How should decisions about a society be made? By discussing these issues and being open-minded, pragmatic, and rational, and by evaluating them on a cost/be
by hackuser 11y ago
> How should decisions about a society be made?
By discussing these issues and being open-minded, pragmatic, and rational, and by evaluating them on a cost/benefit basis. We might learn something new; I don't see the intelligence in pursuing close-mindedness.
A comparison between a government-built mass transit system and government murder of citizens is a good example of how ideology undermines the ability to intelligently discuss issues.
- marcoperaza 11y ago>By discussing these issues and being open-minded, pragmatic, and rational, and by evaluating them on a cost/benefit basis. And that's exactly what I'm doing. It sounds like you just want to discount all of the arguments of one side for being 'ideological'. That's a specious argument. Freedom is as much a good as environmental cleanliness and the lack of congestion. Why should it be excluded from your cost/benefit analysis?
- PopeOfNope 11y agoIt sounds like you just want to discount all of the arguments of one side for being 'ideological'. There are more than two sides to any discussion and not all sides are equally correct.
- marcoperaza 11y agoI agree! But let's discuss the arguments on their merits, not toss them aside for being "ideological".
- dragonwriter 11y agoCost/benefit analysis requires defining what "cost" and "benefit" mean, which is a moral/ideological decision.