Just as, in epistemology, the cult of uncertainty is a revolt - TopicsExpress



          

Just as, in epistemology, the cult of uncertainty is a revolt against reason—so, in ethics, the cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values. Both are a revolt against the absolutism of reality. The Virtue of Selfishness “The Cult of Moral Grayness” The Virtue of Selfishness, 77 ¶ A moral code impossible to practice, a code that demands imperfection or death, has taught you to dissolve all ideas in fog, to permit no firm definitions, to regard any concept as approximate and any rule of conduct as elastic, to hedge on any principle, to compromise on any value, to take the middle of any road. By extorting your acceptance of supernatural absolutes, it has forced you to reject the absolute of nature. For the New Intellectual Galt’s Speech For the New Intellectual, 172
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 10:03:12 +0000

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