My last post began with a look at the irony involved in choosing to use the Confederate flag as a symbol of so-called Southern Pride and not, what it was used for historically, a flag used in a military rebellion against the United States. But there’s more to worry about when it comes to this odd approach to showing pride in southern culture. One of the classic techniques of argument and of philosophy is to take a particular view, assume it’s true and then see what the outcome is. The idea is to get a sense of what the effects are of the view and see if those effects are ones we would like to occur. If the answer is a no, this is evidence against accepting the view.
A bit more on that Confederate Flag
A bit more on that Confederate Flag
A bit more on that Confederate Flag
My last post began with a look at the irony involved in choosing to use the Confederate flag as a symbol of so-called Southern Pride and not, what it was used for historically, a flag used in a military rebellion against the United States. But there’s more to worry about when it comes to this odd approach to showing pride in southern culture. One of the classic techniques of argument and of philosophy is to take a particular view, assume it’s true and then see what the outcome is. The idea is to get a sense of what the effects are of the view and see if those effects are ones we would like to occur. If the answer is a no, this is evidence against accepting the view.