DOGMATISM ISN’T IN ITSELF A CRITICISM. Dogmatism isn’t a criticism. One can be d

DOGMATISM ISN’T IN ITSELF A CRITICISM.

Dogmatism isn’t a criticism. One can be dogmatic about the truth, theft, parasitism or predation – and there isn’t any criticism one can levy at that. One can be dogmatic about (a) a stated preference (b) a hypothetical good (c) an arbitrary definition, conclusion, narrative, or theory. The question is only whether one is dogmatic about a truth and theft or the arbitrary and utilitarian.

DOGMA: a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.

Well, sorry, but truth and theft are natural laws just as every other law of nature. It’s not a matter of opinion. The fact that one STATES these laws does not mean they are imposed by authority, or are arbitrary, but that they simply incontrovertibly exist.