tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766838354446422582.post4587345134554859306..comments2023-12-15T00:21:31.057-08:00Comments on Issues of Importance (to me): Ideology: Is it bad or you already have one?Sushant Sinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122606453459362552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766838354446422582.post-48656702242623779322011-03-15T08:43:23.204-07:002011-03-15T08:43:23.204-07:00I think the point of the article is that everyone ...I think the point of the article is that everyone has an ideology. Negative/Positive/Neutral really doesn't change the nature that one has a ideology.<br /><br />"I suspect, the opposition is towards people/opinions who/which are rooted more in principles than in rationality/pragmatism."<br /><br />The problem is that everyone has such opinions which I call "ideology". So Sushant Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122606453459362552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766838354446422582.post-13337825280918031822011-03-09T23:58:46.260-08:002011-03-09T23:58:46.260-08:00the rub is in the way you define the word 'ide...the rub is in the way you define the word 'ideology'. the word carries several connotations, ranging from negative (Ideology ... is usually taken to mean, a prescriptive doctrine that is not supported by rational argument." [D.D. Raphael, "Problems of Political Philosophy," 1970], from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ideology) to neutral (see History in http://freemindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302878838274571158noreply@blogger.com