Clarity

Dennis Prager rightly prides himself on seeking clarity in all matters, moral, theological, philosophical, cultural and political.

My response: clarity helps more than not, and we should seek after it intellectually and honestly with the single-minded focus that Prager asserts and espouses.

Some issues are gray, not black or white, and clarity regarding them is clarifying where and on which side of the poles lies the predominance of correctness and truth.

Often, discovering what is the right thing to think, conclude or do is difficult. It requires soul-searching, hunches and  serious consideration to arrive at the clear answers.

Also, ambiguity is built into life, into language, into communication, intent, motive and definition--and this occurs while people of good faith are earnestly trying to understand each other, help each other and do the right thing.

When people lie, compete, manipulate, play games and crazy-make, clarity is a fleeting objective.

Finally, there are tough, knotty issue almost impossible to make sense of, but we must try anyway.

Moderation is a philosophical stance that clarity about absolute truth, theological guarantees or moral solutions has an element of mysticism and ambiguity built into it.

Nonetheless, the Pragerian ideal of intellectual clarity is of great importance.