"Both sides present what they take to be excellent arguments to support their positions. Both sides expect the other side to be responsive to such reasons. When the other side fails to be affected by such good reasons, each side concludes that the other side must be closed minded or insincere. In this way the culture wars over issues such as homosexuality and abortion can generate morally motivated players on both sides who believe that their opponents are not morally motivated."
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*The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, by Sam Harris, p. 88.
Posted April 25, 2013 (for my other readings/reflections,etc., go to one of these: YouTube-John Riingen; john riingen/google; juan riingen/facebook)
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