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A Conflict of Visions
A Conflict of Visions: Idealogical Origins of Political Struggles | Thomas Sowell
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This revised edition of a classic analyzes the centuries-long debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality and power.
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"By contrast, those with unconstrained vision, tend to view human nature as beneficially changeable and social customs as expendable holdovers from the past." P. 28

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"Man is, in short, " perfectible"---meaning continually improvable rather than capable of actually reaching absolute perfection." P. 18

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"Implicit is the unconstrained vision to the notion that potential is very different from the actual, and that means exist to improve human nature toward its potential, or that such means can be evolved or discovered, so that man will do the right thing for the right reason, rather than for the ulterior psychic or economic rewards. " P. 18

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Empirical generalization - based on data p. 16/ "Evidence based on experimentation opposed to theory." - REK III