1) The abundance of such absurd takes is a good illustration of why we need to retire the Left-Right spectrum.https://twitter.com/sonaralee/status/803326670077829120 …
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2) The Left-Right spectrum encourages us to think of "extremes" as equivalently legitimate. But they rarely are.
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3) Similarly, the political "center," far from being a reasonable & balanced compromise on most issues, is chock-full of bad policy ideas.
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4) The Left-Right spectrum thus ends up helping those who draw false equivalences assert that they're reasonable.https://twitter.com/BenSpielberg/status/761019341634621442 …
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5) A better way to evaluate political views would focus on ethics and evidence. It would explicitly note that the goal *isn't* the "center."
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6) The goal is to make public policy ethical, and to use good evidence to determine the best way to do that.
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7) What's ethical public policy? Policy that is informed by a thoughtful consideration of John Rawls' veil of ignorance.pic.twitter.com/aTNQ0GXJtZ
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have you seen the west wing episode about Rawls?
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I think so; it's been awhile since I watched that show.
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