Comments on: New at Cato Unbound: Robert Wright on the "Clash of Civilizations" as a Malfunction of Moral Imagination

By: back

back — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:54:05 +0000

I totally agree Rumah! way to go really.

By: Jual Rumah

Jual Rumah — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:29:04 +0000

Yeah, there's no limit for people imagination, the sky is the limit.

By: Freestyle

Freestyle — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:48:40 +0000

This is what your honest response should be, I mean if you are sending your hard earned money, you got to get some sort of return, if not then I don't think it's a great idea to get with it!

By: B-head on the G-head « Around The Sphere

B-head on the G-head « Around The Sphere — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:53:52 +0000

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By: people as people as people

people as people as people — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:15:24 +0000

The problem I have with Robert is that he bends science into some metaphysical bs just so he can tell us how he thinks the world ought to work and he ignores how the world actually is. I mean how does “The Evolution of God” not read as a crackpot book title. Just a new way to reassert a human centric view of reality — using an incredibly shallow interpretation of biology to justify.

Ahh yes feels good to rant on a somewhat random blog, and i say “somewhat random” because lets face it — “GO HAWKS!”

By: Shawna

Shawna — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:47:31 +0000

Very interesting. I can see an undeniable connection between moral imagination and any sort of relationship, religious or otherwise. It is very rare, if impossible, to find someone completely objective and selfless. Naturally if it appears that an individual will be harmed the subjective will react by dropping the empathy and fighting, no holds barred, in order to come out on top.

By: Freddie

Freddie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:34:12 +0000

Part of the problem with what Bob Wright is specifically reacting to is that so many people have internalized critiques of political correctness that they assume any argument that takes the form of politically correct arguments has to be wrong. But it's true; there are a billion Muslims in the world. Only some tiny percentage of them engage in violent terrorism. The fact that this is banal doesn't make it unremarkable, and the fact that it echoes politically correct attitudes doesn't mean that people should be distrustful of it.

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:25:10 +0000

The zero-sum dynamic is hard to break out of. It makes me think of T. Boone Pickens' commercials. “Every year we send Billions of dollars to them dirty sandkips. And what do we get in return? Nothing! So give ME Billions of dollars so I can put a windmill on your car!