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P2 is something like, “It’s difficult to get country-sized populations to agree on products of human invention.” I’m also implying a P3 that looks something li
by dionidium 8y ago
P2 is something like, “It’s difficult to get country-sized populations to agree on products of human invention.”
I’m also implying a P3 that looks something like this: “Widespread agreement on the question of what exactly are the fundamental rights is a necessary condition for the survival of a nation.”
This is sort of an argument of the form, “make things as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
- dragonwriter 8y ago> I’m also implying a P3 that looks something like this: “Widespread agreement on the question of what exactly are the fundamental rights is a necessary condition for the survival of a nation.” That doesn't seem to be true in practice. It may be a desirable (either fundamentally or instrumentally to some other desired quality result) condition in a nation, but plenty of nations have survived an extended period despite fairly durable disagreements on the nature and scope of fundamental rights.