Abuse of the Word Extremist; Is The Sermon on the Mount a “Set of Extreme Ideas?”
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Tyler Cowen wrote a Bloomberg column “In Defense of Extremism,” pointing out that to label an idea “extremist” is a lazy way of dismissing the idea. An example he cites is tripling legal immigration, an idea he favors while recognizing that it’s outside the mainstream. Tyler’s point is that if you disagree with that idea and want to preserve your intellectual virtue, you need to say
Abuse of the Word Extremist; Is The Sermon on the Mount a “Set of Extreme Ideas?”
Abuse of the Word Extremist; Is The Sermon on…
Abuse of the Word Extremist; Is The Sermon on the Mount a “Set of Extreme Ideas?”
Tyler Cowen wrote a Bloomberg column “In Defense of Extremism,” pointing out that to label an idea “extremist” is a lazy way of dismissing the idea. An example he cites is tripling legal immigration, an idea he favors while recognizing that it’s outside the mainstream. Tyler’s point is that if you disagree with that idea and want to preserve your intellectual virtue, you need to say