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Even a staunch supporter of the atomistic view can acknowledge that we don't all share the same experiences, and if one is an empiricist, holding that one obtains knowledge primarily through experience, one can acknowledge that different experiences will lead to different knowledge bases.
Somewhere in the middle of all this is surely a position where one can acknowledge difference but express a desire to stand together: good old-fashioned solidarity.
When considering cases like Roe v. Wade or those dealing with gay marriage, one can acknowledge that the Founders almost certainly didn't intend to protect abortion, or to consider the right of people whom they would have seen as "sodomites," who existed outside the law, to marry.
He has studied the formation of Icelandic national identity, and when we met in his office — before dawn, at nine in the morning — he said that, though one can acknowledge the daring of Iceland's first medieval settlers, it's equally important to recognize that Iceland was "a fairly stagnant and poor peasant economy for much of its history... among the most docile and lethargic people in Europe".
One can acknowledge the anger and upset of those who see their fundamental religious beliefs mocked while also affirming that we must redouble our efforts to defend freedom of expression around the world.
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I can acknowledge that.
One side can acknowledge the other's concern for community or stability or fairness or dignity, even while arguing that some other value should trump it in that instance.
Tellingly, he freely acknowledges that no one can know what the hell the thing is meant to sound like when they come in.
So I hope you can acknowledge one principle that has potential to do just that: Power tends to concentrate, so steps need to be taken to compensate.
Just as one can coherently acknowledge the excellence of temperance while wondering whether one is morally obligated to act temperately, one can coherently acknowledge the excellence of justice while wondering whether one is morally obligated to act justly.
No one can know.
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