I don’t in principle disagree with you. In fact, your line of reasoning is precisely what I would like to see more of in the public square, one in which reasons are offered rather than names called. Thus, I don’t think it was fair of you to isolate my last sentence—which, admittedly, I poorly phrased--from the larger point I was making: we use terms like “judgmental,” “dogmas,” “sectarian,” etc. in ways that permit us not to carefully examine them. Clearly, you are correct, there are judgments, dogmas and beliefs for which there seem to be no warrant. But that was not my point. To conscript my poorly phrased quit yet again, my point was that “being judgmental” is sometimes applied to people who do in fact have good reasons to hold their beliefs when those that issue this judgment are convinced that no such reasons exist.
Frank
On 6/3/04 4:32 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In a message dated 6/2/2004 10:34:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The one I particularly like is the guy who condemns "beingThe above remark, I suspect, reveals the poverty of the 'reasoning' behind this sort of contention. There's a significant difference between "being judgmental" and "judgment." Condemning "being judgmental" involves rejecting certain types of judgments, judgments that are made for arguably insufficient or otherwise inadequate reasons, for example, judgments that condemn before attempting to see the other fellow's perspective, and so forth. (The above quoted perspective is similar to saying that it is intolerant to reject intolerance. Or that one is being inegalitarian for rejecting those who embrace inequality. Whatever these remarks might mean.) The mere fact that Jones uses judgment to reject "being judgmental" hardly entails that Jones is "being judgmental" as the term is ordinarily used in moral suasion. In short, the general class of judgments is considerably larger than the subclass of judgments that qualify as being judgmental.
judgmental," which of course, requires a judgment.
Bobby
Robert Justin Lipkin
Professor of Law
Widener University School of Law
Delaware
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