Pluralism is a belief/ideology that everyone has his/her own view/opinion and that each voice is of value to the whole/big picture.
But the contradiction of this is that... as with any belief, if you know and firmly believe in what you are saying, you are urged by your beliefs to spread them and preach it to other people... so what if, lets say the person you're preaching to is a dictator/ideologue or extremist who has his own beliefs, by preaching and "sharing" your pluralist philosophy to this despot... wouldnt that infringe on his own views too? The same view (no matter what its all about) that pluralism is also trying to value?! 
awesome. totally agree (though u might have confused pluralism with relativism)
ReplyDeleteAh... diba relativism is about correctness or "wrongness" of things, while pluralism is about the number of voices... maybe i do have them confused... hehehehe
ReplyDeleteWell, pluralism can only work if you acknowledge that there is no absolute truth; and by doing so, you are proclaiming that there being no absolute truth is an absolute truth, for if it's not, then why bother being a pluralist? Good point with the dictator thing, preaching pluralism is the same 'cause you're also imposing your own belief system, which is the one thing that pluralists try to avoid.
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ReplyDeletesome things are right
some things are wrong
what things will you believe?
(taken from JosephBonifacio who's on my multiply list)