Patrick Ramsey

father and husband, amateur philosopher, dishwasher ,Alexandria, VA

10 Beliefs discovered | 65 Totals Votes

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Learn to say "I don't know" and "I'm not sure".
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Patrick Ramsey

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People, especially children, tend to believe assertions automatically (see e.g. Gilbert et al. 1993; Jaswal 2010). Asserting beliefs based on limited or potentially faulty evidence therefore tends to propagate error. So love of truth demands we openly express uncertainty.

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Utter certainty makes extreme acts much easier to rationalize. Observing this stricture will prevent you from unjustly harming others and inadvertently deceiving yourself.

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The modern recognition of the value and autonomy of the human individual has unfortunately obscured the obligation that the individual still has to others. For it is still in each other -- together -- that we find happiness, meaning, and security, if we find them at all.

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It's just how we're built. Biologically, we rely on each other for survival and reproduction, so from an evolutionary standpoint it's not surprising that our reward-mechanisms are highly oriented toward our fellow humans. So, we find happiness in caring for others.

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It is good for us -- both joyful and ennobling -- to be confronted and challenged by the grandeur and ultimate mystery of the universe. A person so moved will not cling imperiously to preconceived ideas, or hate other people for the comparatively tiny differences between them.

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Everyone participates in creating the conditions that will be inherited by the next generation. And living in community as we do implies the duty to look out for each other, including support of minors, who are necessarily unable to support themselves.

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People are most likely to act badly when angry, afraid, or otherwise not coping well with stress - when simply negligent - or when too passionately committed to fixed ideas. These failings can be avoided, however. In the long run, you will become what you train yourself to be.

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We live in community - as families, neighbors, societies, and humanity. So in addition to private goods such as health and autonomy, we each need the goods of community, of living together well. And those goods are best accomplished when each of us promotes the well being of all.

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The "cash value" of ideas, especially ideas for cultural reform, lies in how they make us act. So if you are using secular humanist ideology as an ego boost, an excuse for bad habits, or a marketing opportunity - please stop. You are making the religious sure they're right!

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Your good is mine.
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That is community, the way of living well together - a family's love.

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