There’s nothing new above about the idea of serving community. There’s nothing new about purpose. Furthermore, the idea of divisiveness as a measure of how goo

There’s nothing new above about the idea of serving community. There’s nothing new about purpose. Furthermore, the idea of divisiveness as a measure of how good the cause is is problematic if it isn’t grounded in truth. Take the pro-life and pro-choice causes. Are they divisive? They certainly divide society. The two groups aim for conflicting ends that cannot be reconciled. The conflict need not be violent, but a conflict there is regardless. Truth, however, paves the way out of the conflict. In practice, what there will be differences of opinion about what the truth is, so conflict is inevitable. Major problems occur when those differences are affect the viability of a society. So what exactly does non-divisiveness solve? In the absence of truth, the resolving of division becomes the task of power. The less powerful causes that disagree with the more powerful causes are abolished. Who gains the upper hand is anyone’s guess. I submit that divisions are expected in this life, but a reduction of divisions can occur when we begin to take the truth seriously. That is the only way we can develop the prudence needed to achieve reconciliation.