Social progress inherently requires offending deeply held sensibilities.
Evidence
And it is often important because any kind of social change or social progress means offending some deeply held sensibilities. Or to put it another way: ‘You can’t say that!’ is all too often the response of those in power to having their power challenged. To accept that certain things cannot be said is to accept that certain forms of power cannot be challenged. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 660
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- XREF: Connects to the ‘complaints about immodesty go way back’ material — moral sensibilities as a recurring site where power defends itself against change. — connects to: Respect for others requires actively challenging their values and beliefs. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 694; Humility and self-awareness can prevent societal oppression. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 601; Decelerating society is self-contradictory because progress entails dynamization — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 848
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Broader Connections
- Respect for others requires actively challenging their values and beliefs.
#expands(0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 694 - Humility and self-awareness can prevent societal oppression.
#contradicts(0.80) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 601