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Ending Fundamentalism

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Feb 13, 2016

Natural Born Fundamentalists

RECENT advances in evolutionary biology applied to the field of morality have given us invaluable insight into why we might be naturally wired to form strong cooperative bonds with those that we identify as fellows. There is a growing body of evidence pointing towards morality…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Nov 15, 2015

Beliefs Matter

ONE of the most disheartening elements of the barbaric attacks in Paris this weekend is that we all knew something like this could happen. We all knew very well that there is a frightening number of people living in the world today whose beliefs would lead them to act in precisely this murderous…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Mar 8, 2015

The Paradox of Liberalism and the Rise of Fundamentalism

THE RISE of fundamentalism is causing a paradoxical situation for us Westerners: The very concepts that once helped us overcome the bitter fundamentalism of the wars of religion — pluralism and moral autonomy — seem to prevent us…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Jan 11, 2015

Philosophy and the Battle against Fundamentalism

LET ME start with a bold statement: I believe philosophy holds the key to defeat fundamentalism and to truly dismantle the logic of religiously motivated terrorism that afflicts our late-modern societies. I am fully aware that in an era where…

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Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Jun 15, 2014

Liberalism and Moral Conflict (Part 2)

IN THE PREVIOUS POST I explained why liberalism is by design ineffective to cope with rising moral conflict. In short, liberalism was crafted to avoid moral conflict, not to resolve it. The whole point of liberalism is to stop moral conflict in its tracks by…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Feb 15, 2014

Liberalism and Moral Conflict (Part 1)

IMPOTENCE towards growing intractable moral conflict has to be one of the most characteristic intellectual feelings of our era. What is so particular about the new millennia that has turned us all into unyielding defenders of our own moral views? Why all of the…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Sep 8, 2013

Secularists and Fundamentalists are Both Wrong

THE events unfolding in North Africa and particularly in Egypt and Tunisia highlight the contested nature of what remains the key question of modern political philosophy: How to establish a stable and just society of individuals profoundly divided…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Jul 29, 2012

Ending Fundamentalism (One Tweet at a Time)

FUNDAMENTALISM in its most basic form can be characterized as the practice of holding a belief (any belief) as infallible. Understanding this simple fact about fundamentalism, i.e., that its root is epistemological, is the first step for mounting a…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Mar 10, 2012

Fundamentalism and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

THE current rise of fundamentalism can be explained using the classic Game Theory scenario known as the “Prisoner’s Dilemma”. For those not familiar with Game Theory, let me start by giving you a very simplified example of the Prisoner’s Dilemma applying a…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Feb 26, 2012

Fundamentalism, Pragmatism and Public Deliberation

SEVERAL posts in this blog have explored the argument that growing fundamentalism is the inevitable byproduct of an increasingly interconnected plural society that still lashes on to the classic liberal idea that our individual worldviews…