The goal of every society within civilized behavior should be to search out and expose reality wherever it is in the best interests of those who live within those societies. Not everything can be open for exposure but most everything else can be. the hallmark of liberty and an equal/just society is it's right to expression. We all have a voice and we should all have the right to express that voice. However, there are certain times when expressing our voice should be restricted. Such as the infamous yelling fire in a crowded place where no such fire exists, or when some of us purposely tell lies to others for purposes that undermine our right to the truth. This is the subject that interests me most at this moment. The truth of things is how we all get to understand what is best for our society. When we are not given the truth under the guise of those who put themselves up as 'truth tellers" then we all suffer from the confusion and misdirection that most assuredly will follow. Our society must reflect the most sincere attempts to deliver the truth in an honest way or we all are left with a society that has a shifting and weak foundation. We are the masters of our society and we have the tools to shape our society so what we citizens do with that responsibility is ultimately the definition of what type of society we are. Will we value altruism and truth as our guide or will we settle for confusion and greed? It really is a simple perspective I am trying to present here, we are who we think we are or we are who we settle for being. Personally, I am for building upon the great values of virtue as my guide and hopefully the next generations will be able to see the truth of what that actually means.
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Philosophically speaking everyone has there own truth with a small t...and societies have their own truths with a small t..but when a society has a developed a "truth" with a capital T then that is when it gets scarey....What is your point here? Instead of talking in ambiguities as we are both doing let's talk specifics...take Creationism vs Evolution...In my mind one is very much closer to the truth than the other for empirical evidence...yet we have a vast amount of people that wish to stay ignorant because it goes against their indoctrinated TRUTH. Until we can have people that think critically for themselves in mass ..we will forever be running in circles chasing truths...and never grow beyond our shallow stupidities as a self aware species.
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