Yeah, I don’t doubt Sen has a staunch commitment to democracy, and I don’t care much about Moss_Piglet’s claim that democracy & Marxism are religious in character. Taken literally it’s obviously true in some sense. (Both democracy & Marxism are popular ideologies, and popular ideologies, like religions, demand broad normative commitments from adherents while making assorted truth claims, at least some of which are false.) What I’m sceptical of is Multiheaded’s characterization of Sen.
Yeah, I don’t doubt Sen has a staunch commitment to democracy, and I don’t care much about Moss_Piglet’s claim that democracy & Marxism are religious in character. Taken literally it’s obviously true in some sense. (Both democracy & Marxism are popular ideologies, and popular ideologies, like religions, demand broad normative commitments from adherents while making assorted truth claims, at least some of which are false.) What I’m sceptical of is Multiheaded’s characterization of Sen.