TITLE:
The Noble Lie
AUTHORS:
Robert Ferrell
KEYWORDS:
Noble Lie, Democracy, Little Buddha
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.10 No.3,
August
27,
2020
ABSTRACT: With the recent appearance of Tara Reede and her accusations of sexual
misconduct by Presidential candidate Biden, proponents of democracy are faced
with new dismay. All sides are accusing the others of lying and fomenting fake
news. What seems obvious to progressive-minded citizens is just amateur
psychology to the true believers, the faithful followers of the dream to return
to a golden era. While those motivated by uncompromising ideological
convictions are hardly to be expected to develop an interest in fact-checking,
one can only hope that this could be achieved to prevent civil war. This is
especially dangerous if a civil war could develop into World War in which the
US has no allies.