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I work with a very left-wing/big-state person that described today why he thinks "conservatives" are always wrong. His view is that they use inductive reasoning to form improper conclusions. Inductive reasoning = creating a general law from a set of specific cases. I think I could be described as socially conservative. I approve of the idea of monogamy, marriage, nuclear families - I suppose it generally follows the Christian model. I have questioned these things over time, and I was less socially conservative ten years ago. I suppose I've used inductive reasoning to choose some of my value structure. I'm also influenced by deductive reasoning (science), but I think science is very limited at least in the short term. So I have this concern that my basic values are skewed because I'm using faulty reasoning. But doesn't everyone use some degree of inductive reasoning? The world is complex and we can only approximate the right course of action. Right?
