SSM AND WORLDVIEWS: Matt Taylor replies to Mark Tardiff

Mark Tardiff writes: "SSM is not a civil rights issue; what is at issue is what Princeton professor Robert George aptly calls 'a clash of orthodoxies' in the book by the same name. That is, it is a clash of worldviews, of ways of understanding reality. The ultimate question of this debate is: which of these views is true and so a sound basis for ordering society?"

Mark suggests we ask ourselves which worldview is true, the "Judeo-Christian tradition" (a la Robert George), or a "secularist orthodoxy" of left-wing political correctness. My answer would be, "what else is on the menu?". Why must we swallow whole either doctrinaire secularism or religious conservatism; both contain some truths and some falsehoods, but neither could possibly have the best answer to every question. A complex issue such as SSM is best solved by synthesizing the most convincing, relevant parts of these (and other) philosophical frameworks, along with our own, original ideas. Orthodoxy of any sort is a bad way to make public policy.
posted by Eve at 11:26 PM VOTE

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