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I've long held a less charitable suspicion that at least applies to politics: rational thought seldom results in a position that unfairly favors one group over

• smt88 8y ago
  > rational thought seldom results in a position that unfairly favors one group over another This strikes me as so absurd, I can't fully wrap my head around it. Instead, I'll just give counter examples. In politics, rational thought often favors the majority over the minority. Almost everyone ends up as the unfavored minority for a few issues. Rational thought is also incredibly subjective. A Marxist's reason is wildly different from a capitalist's, and there is no objective or rational way to say who is correct. It boils down to morality.
  • api 8y ago
    > In politics, rational thought often favors the majority over the minority. Almost everyone ends up as the unfavored minority for a few issues. Seems like that argues against simple majoritarianism being rational. > Rational thought is also incredibly subjective. A Marxist's reason is wildly different from a capitalist's, and there is no objective or rational way to say who is correct. It boils down to morality. If it's subjective it means it's either not rational or depends on undecidable questions. Undecidability is part of reality, but can be accounted for.
    • smt88 8y ago
      This is going to sound condescending, but I don't intend it this way at all. I had the same misconceptions as you did before taking some introductory philosophy courses. I don't see the point or the possibility in arguing this further when you don't seem to have a very basic foundation in philosophy.