justification

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 always ends in something unjustified and taken for granted. Reasons are always local and contingent.

Relativism (which should not be confused with idealism) is the opposite of absolutism and implies that there are no absolute justifications for any knowledge claim. All justifications end in something unjustified and merely taken for granted. But this does not mean that there is never any reason to accept what anyone says, as if it were all an ideological smokescreen. It just means that in the end reasons are local and contingent. (Strong program -encyclopedia entry)

is fueled by the fact that desire is self-supporting. We do not want a thing because we have found reasons for it, rather we find reasons for it because we want it.

We do not want a thing because we have found reasons for it, we find reasons for it because we want it... we even elaborate philosophies and theologies to cloak our desires.

is an act at which people show great skill. In fact, people are at their most brilliant while defending themselves against their own conscience.

People are at their most brilliant while defending themselves against their own conscience.

is never needed for love, but always for hate.

Love doesn't need a reason... hate needs a reason.

is but an excuse. A person always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything'a good reason and the real reason.

is human nature --- those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it

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justification