(February 26, 2014 at 9:15 am)Kayenneh Wrote:Quote:“I’m sure you’ve heard the expression ‘everyone is entitled to their opinion.’ Perhaps you’ve even said it yourself, maybe to head off an argument or bring one to a close. Well, as soon as you walk into this room, it’s no longer true. You are not entitled to your opinion. You are only entitled to what you can argue for.”
A bit harsh? Perhaps, but philosophy teachers owe it to our students to teach them how to construct and defend an argument – and to recognize when a belief has become indefensible.
The problem with “I’m entitled to my opinion” is that, all too often, it’s used to shelter beliefs that should have been abandoned. It becomes shorthand for “I can say or think whatever I like” – and by extension, continuing to argue is somehow disrespectful. And this attitude feeds, I suggest, into the false equivalence between experts and non-experts that is an increasingly pernicious feature of our public discourse.
I find this a very interesting notion and I actually agree. It's time to sort out that you do not have an opinion regarding anything that can be proven to be true or false, you can only be ignorant or have knowledge, but opinions are worthless (and even in some cases dangerous). Full article here.
Must... Resist.... Obvious... Joke...
Of course I'm entitled to my opinion. What I'm not entitled to is for you not to tell me it's a fucking stupid opinion.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
