Comments on: On Truth, The Tyranny of Illusion http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/07/on-truth-the-tyranny-of-illusion/ Information clearinghouse for research and information about child religious freedom rights. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:35:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Daniel Fincke http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/07/on-truth-the-tyranny-of-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-3775 Daniel Fincke Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:44:56 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=691#comment-3775 sorry one of those sentences is half complete: I meant to say, "I also think that the issues of why human communities in general, and then parents as sub-community heads, want to think in terms of absolutes is understandable and in at least some contexts has been beneficial to us." My ultimate concern is that we recognize some of the value that has been created through these practices even if as we try to replace them because replacing them will involve compensating for the trade off in lost value from what we're taking away. sorry one of those sentences is half complete: I meant to say, "I also think that the issues of why human communities in general, and then parents as sub-community heads, want to think in terms of absolutes is understandable and in at least some contexts has been beneficial to us."

My ultimate concern is that we recognize some of the value that has been created through these practices even if as we try to replace them because replacing them will involve compensating for the trade off in lost value from what we're taking away.

]]> By: Daniel Fincke http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/07/on-truth-the-tyranny-of-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-3774 Daniel Fincke Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:42:34 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=691#comment-3774 While I understand the call to the end of hypocrisy and completely agree with your cause of advocating rationalistic parenting based on reasoning about ethics, rather than appeals to dogmas and absolutism, I also think that the issues of why human communities in general, and then parents as sub-community heads, want to think in terms of absolutes. I don't have space to go into all that I refer to here, but I encourage you to take a look at two of my own posts on the subject of absolutism and authority in morality: <a href="http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/07/02/moral-integration-or-the-pros-and-cons-of-moral-absolutism-and-ethical-pluralism/" target="_blank">http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/07/02/moral-int...</a> and <a href="http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/01/the-evolutionary-advantages-and-present-disadvantages-of-our-conformist-minds/" target="_blank">http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/01/the-evolu...</a> While I understand the call to the end of hypocrisy and completely agree with your cause of advocating rationalistic parenting based on reasoning about ethics, rather than appeals to dogmas and absolutism, I also think that the issues of why human communities in general, and then parents as sub-community heads, want to think in terms of absolutes. I don't have space to go into all that I refer to here, but I encourage you to take a look at two of my own posts on the subject of absolutism and authority in morality: http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/07/02/moral-int... and http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/01/the-evolu...

]]> By: Richard_Collins http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/07/on-truth-the-tyranny-of-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-3536 Richard_Collins Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:38:37 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=691#comment-3536 Please join us over in the forum for a discussion of this work. We would like to find out how people receive the ideas and whether or not they think their life is going to change. Please join us over in the forum for a discussion of this work. We would like to find out how people receive the ideas and whether or not they think their life is going to change.

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