If people are equal, ideas are not. If they were, the idea that I'm better than you would be equally true to the idea that we're equal. Some ideas are better than others.
Related to this, I was just reading Matthew Crawford on "How race politics liberated the elites:
"In The Revolt of the Elites, Christopher Lasch spelled out in greater detail the role that claims of racial and sexual oppression play in securing release from allegiance to the nation — not just for those who identify as its victims, but for those with the moral sensitivity to see victimisation where it may not be apparent, and who make this capacity a touchstone of their identity. It becomes a token of moral elevation by which we recognise one another, and distinguish ourselves from the broader run of citizens. Both Lasch and Arendt argue that black Americans serve a crucial function for the white bourgeoisie. As the emblem and proof of America’s illegitimacy, they anchor a politics of repudiation in which the idea of a common good has little purchase."
If people are equal, ideas are not. If they were, the idea that I'm better than you would be equally true to the idea that we're equal. Some ideas are better than others.
This article is one of them -)
Related to this, I was just reading Matthew Crawford on "How race politics liberated the elites:
"In The Revolt of the Elites, Christopher Lasch spelled out in greater detail the role that claims of racial and sexual oppression play in securing release from allegiance to the nation — not just for those who identify as its victims, but for those with the moral sensitivity to see victimisation where it may not be apparent, and who make this capacity a touchstone of their identity. It becomes a token of moral elevation by which we recognise one another, and distinguish ourselves from the broader run of citizens. Both Lasch and Arendt argue that black Americans serve a crucial function for the white bourgeoisie. As the emblem and proof of America’s illegitimacy, they anchor a politics of repudiation in which the idea of a common good has little purchase."
If people are equal ideas are not sounds similar to my idea: if people are equal we can't claim evolution exists.