It’s been a looonngg time since I studied Plato, but as I recall he believed in realities so objective we couldn’t even comprehend them directly.
I agree that secular humanism and post-modernism are essentially the same thing.
BTW, I always wondered what came after post-modernism. Post-post-modernism? The very name has always seemed to me to be a classic illustration of their self-absorption. Couldn’t even imagine that something might be around after they were gone.
“It’s been a looonngg time since I studied Plato, but as I recall he believed in realities so objective we couldn’t even comprehend them directly.”
Actually Post Modernism is a form of Sophistry that both Plato and Aristotle were trying to combat.
When “the narrative” becomes the only reality then you have lost any form of objective truth either through revelation (Plato) or by observation (Aristotle)
The left is about words, feelings and intentions that are not associated with action or results. I say the words “I am for helping the poor”. My words make me feel better about myself. The words are true because my intentions are good so I cannot be judged by the results of the actions set in motion by my words.
The fact that my words lead to acts which make the poor worse off in almost every demonstrable way is irrelevant because I had good intentions.
The left is simply the form Sophistry takes in the current age. It is based upon argument, statement and ideology that are not tied to actuality. That is why the Left MUST control the vocabulary and are consistently against Free Speech.
The horror is that when good intention become the guidepost to action not some form of ethical absolute then Leftist quickly devolve into rather thorough going Sadist because Sadism can be boiled down the statement “I is right to do because I can do it.”
At least that is my opinion