HICKS ON OUR MORAL DUTY TO IDEOLOGY OR TO REALITY (quotable) –“The Thompson-Kol

HICKS ON OUR MORAL DUTY TO IDEOLOGY OR TO REALITY

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–“The Thompson-Kolakowski conflict is an instructive example of a true-believer-apologist in conflict with an intellectually-honest thinker. While Thompson and Kolakowski were men of the Left, it’s important to note that the same psychological dichotomy runs through most intellectual movements. It’s the difference between those whose first loyalty is to a belief system and who will ignore or bend the facts to maintain their belief — and those whose first loyalty is to reality and who will alter or abandon their belief system to fit the facts.”–

Stephen Hicks