Rational societies don’t last very long.





Rational societies don’t last very long. Most of us approach a rational argument as we do our pasta, something to be enjoyed for the sake of its flavor and according to our present appetite. Unknotting a conversation because it has been flavored with rationality is to break with social etiquette.  This is also why our moralities thus far have been more dependent upon “appropriateness” than in making sense.


A Human Strategy ** The Mechanics of Virtue ** Post-Atheism



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