Sunday, December 13, 2020

Idealists excite us but at what cost?

This is another of John Humphreys' interesting pieces in his 'Unthinkable' column in The Irish Times. It appeared in Thursday's paper.

A quote from Reinhold Niebuhr in the article:
'Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary'


https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/in-defence-of-realism-idealists-excite-us-but-at-what-cost-1.4427767#.X9I9dHzhhbk.mailto

No comments:

Featured Post

The sea can drown out our unease and anxiety

This week’s column in The Kerryman newspaper Michael Commane You may have forgotten, but last Monday week was a horrible day, at least in Ca...