Some philosophers, many sociologists, and more than a few politicians argue that reality, for any given collectivity of people, depends on the consensus of that given collectivity. (I know, I know, which philosophers, which sociologists, which politicians) From this it follows that sanity and morality, both aspects of social reality, are also defined by consensus. According to this view reality, sanity, and morality depend on where and when you were born. If these things are true, and I believe there is at least a grain of truth in them, and if a person is partial to some given standards of morality, to a particular interpretation of reality, and to limitations on the definition of insanity, then it might behoove that person to make some effort to influence the consensus of the society in which the accident of the time and place of her birth has placed her. Is writing a book-length manuscript an effective tool for influencing this society’s consensus about reality at this time? Probably not. (Yes, it is a sentence fragment. I know that and I did it on purpose. I think it communicates effectively and succinctly, don’t you?)
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:40:59 +0000
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