How do we critique our own perspective/understanding of
things religious/philosophical/relational? Our lives and thinking
patterns are formed by a vast multitude of environmental experiences and
genetic markers. Some of these are good and others are not. How
realistic and how possible is it for us to see past these to an objective
standard by which to critique them? To use a metaphor, “can we see our
own eyeball? Yes, but only if the reflective surface is accurate.”
I would suggest that the standard must originate outside of
ourselves. In other words, we must submit to an objective, verifiable and
external standard if we are going to escape the inevitable circularity of only
working internally. Being your own judge and your own standard will inevitably reduce the the bare minimum. One will be content with what one is content with.
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