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I *have* beliefs. There's a *reason* why I won't give the beggar all of my money. Yes, I'm going to give her *some* of it—I always give away quite a surprising amount to people who have less than I do— But there's a reason why *I'm* the one who *has* the money in the *first* place, and *that's* why I'm not going to give it all away. In other words, for God's sake, I *worked* for that money. I worked hard. I worked. I worked. I worked hard to make that money, and it's my money, because I made it. I made the money, and so I have it, and I can spend it any way I like. This is the basis of our entire lives.
“The ability to destroy your ideas rapidly instead of slowly when
the occasion is right is one of the most valuable things.
You have to work hard on it.
Ask yourself what are the arguments on the other side.
It’s bad to have an opinion you’re proud of if you can’t state the
arguments for the other side better than your opponents.
This is a great mental discipline.”
The Work Required to Have an Opinion
fs.blog
At the core of environmental issues are questions regarding our moral obligations to
people residing in other nations, members of future generations, and non-human life, all of which are deeply affected by choices and actions that are largely outside their influence or control (Kysar 2010b). In most countries, one must add domestic victims of environmental injustice – ... presently living but subordinated people who suffer disproportionately from the negative effects of economic activity. The fundamental and unavoidable moral questions raised by these relationships must be addressed before turning to objective decision-making mechanisms such as economic cost-benefit analysis or their related implementation devices such as carbon permits and taxes. Yet those mechanisms and devices often give the appearance of having somehow already addressed and resolved the underlying moral questions, leaving observers falsely reassured that all relevant aspects of environmental decisions can be properly analyzed within the decision-making framework. Vital moral aspects of environmental law and policy become obscured and the ability of ordinary people to appreciate and participate in the process of futuremaking becomes occluded. All the while, the planet burns.
Ways Not to Think About Climate Change
Kysar, Doug
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