Jul 24 2023 31 mins
In this episode, I talk about the allure of correctness, how I fell into a correctness trap in high school and lost some friends by my over-vigilance in correcting their grammar. Then I try to do a deep dive into what is behind political correctness (PC), trying to do a philosophical examination of alternate justifications for it. Is it sensitivity? Progress? Respect? Love of humanity/society? Tolerance?
I end by discussing the effects of PC on our ability to learn and think, and if not political correctness, what can we seek to aim at a more tolerant and humane world.
https://www.nathancheever.com/post/political_correctness/