Concluding Our Way to Reasons

Ideally, we'd do it the other way around.  We'd reason our way to conclusions.  That, however, is hard work.  It requires us to approach a subject objectively and with an open mind.  It's much easier to reach a conclusion first and then come up with reasons why it's right.  Which is what many people, on both the right and the left, tend to do.

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