Cameron's pragmatism means he sometimes expresses strong views but holds those views weakly, the opposite of some politicians – newspapers and voters too, let's not let them off the hook – who have weak views but express them vehemently until they change their mind or move on.
Let us look back at the paradoxes of identity outlined in §2 from the perspective of the weak view regarding relative identity.
(b) No proof of inconsistency has ever been forthcoming from opponents of relative identity, and in fact the weak view is consistent inasmuch as it has a model in the theory of similarity relations.
So we have that c = s1 on day 1, and for the same reason, c = s2 on day 2. Furthermore, since s1 and s2 are different statues, it follows (on the weak view) that s1≠s2.
It's a weak view at best as it presumes that programs that impact United States citizens should remain occluded regardless of scale or domestic impact, while infusing the problem of hubris — the NSA is hardly working to merely maintain is operational capabilities.
Over the years, Geach has suggested specific instances of RI (a variant of the case of Oscar and his tail is due to Geach (Geach 1980)) and in this way he has contributed to the development of the weak view concerning relative identity, i.e. the view that while ordinary identity relations are often relative, some are not.
This seems compatible with the redefined "weak" view of the tree.
A weaker view of the requirements of democracy is defensible, namely that citizens must have a reasonable expectation to recognize when a policy is in their own interests.
"We are seeking to do it as quickly as we can, but I have to say to you that it will be easier to do after the election because, of course, people are being encouraged …there is a view that the Labor party will take a weaker view on border protection and all of the evidence suggests that they will and there are plenty of people who are saying to those on Manus and Nauru, 'Just wait.
