Dear Mr Eggen,
According to "The Economist", if the great philosophical minds were alive today they would be deeply troubled by certain things. The ideas of John Stuart Mill can be applied to the present day, in a helpful way, the Economist claims. One of the troubles we face is,
"the steady erosion of truth by 'fake news', Twitter storms and viral postings. Liberalism thrives on conflict. But for arguments to be constructive, it must be founded on good faith and reason. Today both sides talk past each other. The idea has become common, on both right and left, that when people put forward an argument you cannot separate what they say from who they are."
Interesting. Could this be happening right now in our fair province? Let's use the curriculum re-write as an example. If someone has an idea about how to do this the best way, should it matter how many degrees *or diplomas* they have? Ideally, we could all present our opinions respectfully and then evaluate the ideas on their own merit-- not automatically throwing any ideas out simply because I don't like most other ideas presented by that person.
Sincerely,
Catherine van Kampen
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