Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Ends and means

Diogenes at Off the Record on E. J. Dionne's praise for a speech by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on the relationship of religion and public policy.
They've both got it backwards. Religion is about ends, and genuinely religious people are not flattered when you point out how well their religion serves as a means.

Henry comments on an Althouse post regarding the attempt by the University of Wisconsin to justify retaining Kevin Barrett as a lecturer based on the sentiments expressed by the plaque on Bascom Hall.

It seems the 'continual and fearless sifting and winnowing' of ideas is an ends, not a means.

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