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I'm as atheist as they come, and I value liberalism and secularism extremely. But I also acknowledge that not all humans are like me and that not everyone has
by wussboy 4y ago
I'm as atheist as they come, and I value liberalism and secularism extremely.
But I also acknowledge that not all humans are like me and that not everyone has a liberal mindset. They did a study once and when conservatives were asked to think like liberals they were able to do so quite effectively. Unfortunately, liberals were not able to think like conservatives at all. This makes me cautious before recommending liberalism and secularism to all.
May I recommend Haidt's The Righteous Mind? It snapped me out of my "only liberalism/secularism is right" mindset.
- jonemi 4y agoI'd be interested in reading more about this study. Are you able to find a link to it?
- xpe 4y ago> They did a study once and when conservatives were asked to think like liberals they were able to do so quite effectively. Unfortunately, liberals were not able to think like conservatives at all. This makes me cautious before recommending liberalism and secularism to all. Can you spell out your logic? When I think about the relative merits of forms of government, I consider a large range of factors: human nature, philosophy, morality, ethics, technology, and more.