So if there are patterns, can we explain why there's been such an explosion in food allergies over the past two decades?
We try to tell the truth, abide by the rules, honor others' rights and belongings, and if we cannot keep a promise, we explain why.
If we can't explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
Consent is saved from irrelevance only if we can explain why we also value a power to bind ourselves to obey.
So if we can explain why children are so ready to believe in gods, we will be a big step closer in understanding religious beliefs more generally.
The chairman of the Bundestag's parliamentary committee that oversees the government's bank rescue program, Albert Rupprecht, put it ever so bluntly, "If we cannot explain why the crisis took place, confidence in the economic system, the market, even democracy could collapse", (FT "Merkel Ally Warns Of Threat to Democracy" 3.25.09).
I just so believe that young parents or grandparents will sit down with these kids if we explain to them why they're doing it, how reading stimulates the minds of these young people.
Indeed, one argument offered in favor of internalism is that only if we accept it can we plausibly explain why changes in moral motivation reliably follow upon changes in moral judgment (Smith 1994, 71 76).
All concerts are rituals, reunion concerts more than most; we want the details to be right, even if we can't explain why they matter.
If we tried to explain why this particular thing drives us up a wall, we'd sound like lunatics.
