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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

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

May 20, 2012

Internet Killed the Liberal Star

THE key thesis I want to advance in this post is quite simple yet profoundly disrupting: In a hyper-connected society as the one that is rapidly emerging, the liberal idea of freedom as moral autonomy and its political upshot (Political Liberalism) have become…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

May 6, 2012

Take Morality Out of the Closet

MORALITY has been living in the closet for over three centuries. Back in the fierce days after the Reformation, a stringent “don’t ask don’t tell” system was ushered in to get us out of the ideological bloodbath. The deal was brilliant and simple: if you want to live in a…