I Feel, Therefore I Am: The Triumph of Woke Subjectivism
“Your Truth” doesn’t exist.
“Truth? What is that?” — it’s the rhetorical question Pontius Pilate posed to Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Pilate’s world-weary cynicism suggested that truth is slippery and subjective, impossible to pin down. His question should resonate with modern audiences — in our current grappling with the nature of reality, facts, a
... See moreAn academic theory that prioritizes what it believes ought to be true over the aim of describing what is—that is, one that sees personal belief as a political obligation—has ceased to search for knowledge because it believes it has The Truth. That is, it has become a system of faith, and its scholarship has become a sort of theology. This is what w
... See moreHelen Pluckrose • Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
Social justice—the principle, not the ideology—can only be served if we have consistent principles. Women’s rights, LGBT rights, and racial or caste equality must either be the right of all people or of none.