Washington, home of intellectual hypocrisy
National Review
by Jonah Goldberg
12/02/09
The crusade against moral hypocrisy necessarily hits conservatives harder, not because conservatives are more immoral, but because they uphold morality more publicly, making them richer targets. The Left aims much of its moralizing at moralizing itself — ‘thou shalt not judge.’ Meanwhile, the Right focuses on the oldies but goodies — adultery, drug use, etc. I think we’re right to uphold a standard even if we sometimes fail to live up to it. What I don’t think we hear enough about is intellectual hypocrisy. What’s that? Well, if moral hypocrisy is saying what values people should live by while failing to follow them yourself, intellectual hypocrisy is believing you are smart enough to run other peoples’ lives when you can barely run your own...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by Jonah Goldberg
12/02/09
The crusade against moral hypocrisy necessarily hits conservatives harder, not because conservatives are more immoral, but because they uphold morality more publicly, making them richer targets. The Left aims much of its moralizing at moralizing itself — ‘thou shalt not judge.’ Meanwhile, the Right focuses on the oldies but goodies — adultery, drug use, etc. I think we’re right to uphold a standard even if we sometimes fail to live up to it. What I don’t think we hear enough about is intellectual hypocrisy. What’s that? Well, if moral hypocrisy is saying what values people should live by while failing to follow them yourself, intellectual hypocrisy is believing you are smart enough to run other peoples’ lives when you can barely run your own...
http://tinyurl.com/y9pele8
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hypocrisy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jonah+Goldberg
rudkla - 3. Dez, 09:53
