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{{a|philosophy|}}''This is a narrative. Feel free to reject it or adapt it. It’s not like I can stop you.'' | {{a|philosophy|}}''This is a narrative. Feel free to reject it or adapt it. It’s not like I can stop you.'' | ||
===Tldr=== | |||
Commentators are given to bemoaning the loss of confidence in truth — | |||
===Oh, woe, the loss of truth=== | |||
The defenders of liberal [[enlightenment]] — surely a noble cause in [[our stupid age]] — are given to blame the current predicament — call it the [[great delamination]], the [[moronic now]] — on a collective loss of faith in ''[[Truth|truth]]''. | The defenders of liberal [[enlightenment]] — surely a noble cause in [[our stupid age]] — are given to blame the current predicament — call it the [[great delamination]], the [[moronic now]] — on a collective loss of faith in ''[[Truth|truth]]''. | ||
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The old “you have just refuted your own argument” canard. | The old “you have just refuted your own argument” canard. | ||
==What happened then== | |||
We offer the alternative explanation that due to 5he system effects of first globalisation and second the networked information revolution, we have been presented, daily, with the plain limitations of our own relative conceptions of the universe. The universal truths vouchsafed by a uniform collected experience of monocultural education, bangers and mash, a life in the pits , football on a Saturday and a retirement drinking warm ale down the working men’s club — apologies for the caricature, but it is the point, and “objective truth” is no less of a caricature, coming from the same place — was never going to survive contact with the multicultural modern world. Some might — do — say that multiculturalism was a grave mistake — the JC, an immigrant, profoundly disagrees — but however you feel about it, it is a hard genie to put back in the bottle. We would be better served figuring out how to play the infinite game of keepy-uppy in light of the changing circumstances. One way to do that is to ease our grip on what we consider to be the eternal verities, at least insofar as conflicting views don’t affect us. Will the civilised world end if others wear a burka, or for that matter a mankini, or wish to identify as transgender? But others must do so, too. This is the general approach of pluralism and tolerance. Live and let live. There is a controlling balance, though. Should we be obliged to ''do business'' with people whose values we do not share? | |||
The human condition has always been the balance of rights and obligations in a world of limited space, time and resource. Globalisation has broken down the barriers, but revealed at the same time the limitations of the values behind those walls. The challenge is how to adapt, not how to rebuild those walls. | |||