is the centrist position today the same as the centrist position of 10 years ago? what about 100? what about the centrist position in germany in 1942? taking the average of two wrong positions is unlikely to produce a correct one.
and you admit that your values are incoherent so readily? that is unusual but highly beneficial as a starting point.
I have written that I am now closer to the centrist (as the word is defined now and in my country) views than I have been few years ago, when I was sympathetic with a bit more radical leftist (once again, as defined now and in my country) opinions. I have not included the clarifications in the parentheses because I did find that interpretation obvious. Since your replies imply that my words can be interpreted differently from what I have meant, I should have been perhaps more clear. So, I do not say that I average the extreme positions and that I am close to the centrist position just because it appears to lie in the centre, and thus I will shift my opinions when the centre moves.
and you admit that your values are incoherent so readily? that is unusual but highly beneficial as a starting point.
That they are incoherent or inconsistent doesn’t mean that they are so in an obvious manner. Values are complicated and not all conflicts are easy to see, and even after being seen, they are not easy to resolve. Think about the trolley problem for example.
Edit: just to be more clear, I have to add that the (approximately) centrist position I hold means sharing some opinions which are more common on the right and others which are prevalent on the left, not being close to average on each opinion separately.
No, he said that they’re probably either incoherent or not succinct.
There should exist coherent positions that are roughly in the center of the two parties/idealogies. One can argue that libertarianism is, for instance.
is the centrist position today the same as the centrist position of 10 years ago? what about 100? what about the centrist position in germany in 1942? taking the average of two wrong positions is unlikely to produce a correct one.
and you admit that your values are incoherent so readily? that is unusual but highly beneficial as a starting point.
I have written that I am now closer to the centrist (as the word is defined now and in my country) views than I have been few years ago, when I was sympathetic with a bit more radical leftist (once again, as defined now and in my country) opinions. I have not included the clarifications in the parentheses because I did find that interpretation obvious. Since your replies imply that my words can be interpreted differently from what I have meant, I should have been perhaps more clear. So, I do not say that I average the extreme positions and that I am close to the centrist position just because it appears to lie in the centre, and thus I will shift my opinions when the centre moves.
That they are incoherent or inconsistent doesn’t mean that they are so in an obvious manner. Values are complicated and not all conflicts are easy to see, and even after being seen, they are not easy to resolve. Think about the trolley problem for example.
Edit: just to be more clear, I have to add that the (approximately) centrist position I hold means sharing some opinions which are more common on the right and others which are prevalent on the left, not being close to average on each opinion separately.
No, he said that they’re probably either incoherent or not succinct.
There should exist coherent positions that are roughly in the center of the two parties/idealogies. One can argue that libertarianism is, for instance.
directional metaphors may fail if looked at with reasonable rigor.
Any statement may appear incoherent if looked at with unreasonable rigor.