But it's a very seductive thing, to be able to know that you're right, saved, going to heaven, whatever - which is probably why it is inviting to so many people to suspend their own agency in terms of making the big values- and ethics-based decisions.
If one has a book or a nice, neat philosophy with no room for doubt, and a professional class of decision-makers (priests, party policy wonks, think-tankers, whatever) to apply the rules to new situations so that it's not necessary to actually think about the implications one's self, it can save a lot of wear and tear on the conscience.
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Date: 2006-08-21 06:38 pm (UTC)But it's a very seductive thing, to be able to know that you're right, saved, going to heaven, whatever - which is probably why it is inviting to so many people to suspend their own agency in terms of making the big values- and ethics-based decisions.
If one has a book or a nice, neat philosophy with no room for doubt, and a professional class of decision-makers (priests, party policy wonks, think-tankers, whatever) to apply the rules to new situations so that it's not necessary to actually think about the implications one's self, it can save a lot of wear and tear on the conscience.