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The Epitome of Public Enemy
Political dissidents abound in the United States, a fact that worries conservatives like Michael Barone. In the question of whether a Socratic gadfly is a benefit to society or, as Barone terms it, a “covert enemy,” I will explain both Barone’s and Socrates’ arguments, after which I will give arguments in favor of questioning the government and its policies. Finally, I will respond to an important objection that Barone could bring up against my point and the evidence I will use to support it. Accordingly, I will demonstrate that in controversial issues, it is the duty of the citizen according to his social contract with his government to examine the policies and actions of his government.
Barone cites moral relativism, liberal university professors, and the liberal media as the origins of the covert enemies who “undermine faith in our society and confidence in its goodness” (Barone, The enemies in our midst). Moral relativists believe that every perspective has its merits and no perspective is better than another; therefore there can be no right or wrong moral answer. In this model, there is no chance of justifying any war, because everything would be considered morally ambiguous. However, even moral relativists would be inclined to agree that the bombing of Pearl Harbor justified the US entry into World War II, thus creating a contradiction and nullifying their argument. The “elites who run our universities and our schools” (Barone, The enemies in our midst) pollute the minds of their students by focusing more on the negative side of history than the positive, giving the impression that the West can do no good. When the negative aspect of history is the focal point, pessimism prevails and gives students a lack of hope for improvement in today’s society. Students look for negative aspects of government policy, and have no expectations of progress regarding these negative features in policy. In...
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