"Truth is not the conformity of our minds to what we want. Rather it is the conformity of our minds with what is."
[faz lembrar o objectivismo, não?]
"...we cannot find out what we are or what we ought to be from a reality that we did not ourselves create."
"...we cannot find out what we are or what we ought to be from a reality that we did not ourselves create."
[o exercício do livre arbítrio nas escolhas possíveis é condição necessária]
"The truth of what we are is for us to discover, to encounter, not for us to fashion what we are."
"The truth of what we are is for us to discover, to encounter, not for us to fashion what we are."
[a capacidade de inquirirmos e descobrir o que é]
"...we choose the purpose implicit in our being"
[e depois a cada momento temos de escolher conforme somos e para o que somos... na nossa subjectividade]
"... truth and politics belong to one another."
[a política em sentido abrangente não é um exercício do poder, está dentro e não fora da realidade e verdade das coisas, não existe "a" realidade cínica do poder em paralelo com a verdade dos homens, e, no meu entendimento, se o poder se mostrar incompatível com a verdade, é uma não-verdade e está destinada a desaparece,ou a nós desaparecermos]
E o meu entendimento de tudo isto é a lei natural e o direito natural (ou direitos negativos) como a base verdadeira (que tem vindo a ser descoberta cumulativamente pela reflexão, pela contribuição errática e com recuos e avanços) a partir do qual tudo se constrói ou não se constrói de todo, o meio pelo qual as nossas escolhas se tornam compatíveis com as dos outros, a cooperação social voluntária (como autonomia individual) se dá, uma ética comum se estabelece, restringe o uso da violência ao mínimo.
O texto começa com:
"In Jesus of Nazareth (II), Benedict recounts the conversation of Pilate and Jesus at His trial. “Pilate asks Him: ‘What is truth?’ (Jn. 18:38). It is the question that is also asked by modern political theory: Can politics accept truth as a structural category? Or must truth, as something unattainable, be relegated to the subjective sphere, its place taken by an attempt to build peace and justice using whatever instruments are available to power?” (191)"
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“What is truth?” – Pilate’s question to Christ – is perceptive and prophetic. Truth should be the primary subject of meditation of any politician. Pilate stated that no truth could be found in the accusations against Christ. To turn around and deny truth as a general principle means that Pilate realized that he had to justify the contradiction between his own knowledge and his action. This “resolution” is usually accomplished when some “theory” is called in to allow the politician to cover his tracks
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E acaba com:
The truth of what we are is for us to discover, to encounter, not for us to fashion what we are. Our end consists not in what we choose for ourselves, but in whether we choose the purpose implicit in our being. On this basis, truth and politics belong to one another."
"In Jesus of Nazareth (II), Benedict recounts the conversation of Pilate and Jesus at His trial. “Pilate asks Him: ‘What is truth?’ (Jn. 18:38). It is the question that is also asked by modern political theory: Can politics accept truth as a structural category? Or must truth, as something unattainable, be relegated to the subjective sphere, its place taken by an attempt to build peace and justice using whatever instruments are available to power?” (191)"
(...)
“What is truth?” – Pilate’s question to Christ – is perceptive and prophetic. Truth should be the primary subject of meditation of any politician. Pilate stated that no truth could be found in the accusations against Christ. To turn around and deny truth as a general principle means that Pilate realized that he had to justify the contradiction between his own knowledge and his action. This “resolution” is usually accomplished when some “theory” is called in to allow the politician to cover his tracks
(...)
E acaba com:
The truth of what we are is for us to discover, to encounter, not for us to fashion what we are. Our end consists not in what we choose for ourselves, but in whether we choose the purpose implicit in our being. On this basis, truth and politics belong to one another."
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