Status Updates From Natural Right and History (...

Historiska skolan

Opinion is e s s e n t i a l l y v a r i a b l e . M e n cannot l i v e , t h a t i s , they cannot l i v e together, if opinions are not stabilized by social fiat. Opinion thus becomes a u t h o r i t a t i v e opinion or public dogma or Weltanschauung. Philosophizing means, then, to ascend from public dogma to essentially p r i v a t e k n o w l e d ge

Our aversion to fanatical obscurantism must not lead us to embrace n a t u r a l r i g h t in a spirit of fanatical obscurantism.

But there is a tension between the respect for d i v e r s i t y or i n d i v i d u a l i t y and the recognition of n a t u r a l r i g h t.

Det finns pragmatiska skäl att vidmakthålla begreppet rättvisa.

Historicism i värderingar --> relativism

Read chapters 1, 2 and 4 so far! I actually quite like it, although it is a bit dry at times.