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There’s a danger that the question of whether we should intervene in Syria is becoming a left-right issue. Not only is this false, it’s a means of (deliberately?) ignoring the basic issue – one that is much more general than merely the conjunctural question of Syria.It’s false because there are many rightists who have doubted the case for military intervention, such as John Baron, Julian Lewis and, I gather, Kate Andrews on Question Time last night. I don’t think this is wholly because they are little Englanders who care only about British interests. It’s because of their stance towards a key general question in politics: how much can governments know?... Practical epistemology: When do you know enough to make a decision to act, know enough what to do, e.g. without unintended
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: knowledge problem
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There’s a danger that the question of whether we should intervene in Syria is becoming a left-right issue. Not only is this false, it’s a means of (deliberately?) ignoring the basic issue – one that is much more general than merely the conjunctural question of Syria.It’s false because there are many rightists who have doubted the case for military intervention, such as John Baron, Julian Lewis and, I gather, Kate Andrews on Question Time last night. I don’t think this is wholly because they are little Englanders who care only about British interests. It’s because of their stance towards a key general question in politics: how much can governments know?... Practical epistemology: When do you know enough to make a decision to act, know enough what to do, e.g. without unintended
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: knowledge problem
This could be interesting, too:
There’s a danger that the question of whether we should intervene in Syria is becoming a left-right issue. Not only is this false, it’s a means of (deliberately?) ignoring the basic issue – one that is much more general than merely the conjunctural question of Syria.Practical epistemology: When do you know enough to make a decision to act, know enough what to do, e.g. without unintended consequences — and know that you actually know this (unknown unknowns)? What are the criteria you are using? Are they sufficient? How robust?
It’s false because there are many rightists who have doubted the case for military intervention, such as John Baron, Julian Lewis and, I gather, Kate Andrews on Question Time last night. I don’t think this is wholly because they are little Englanders who care only about British interests. It’s because of their stance towards a key general question in politics: how much can governments know?...
Those that spend too much time, effort and resources, never act. Those who act prematurely risk not only failure, but also blowback from unintended consequences.
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Syria: the knowledge problem
Chris Dillow | Investors Chronicle