On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Chris Hahn wrote: >> a rational progressivism that supports testable change to improve the lot of >> the entire populace, rather than the traditional American progressivism >> which moves toward some moralistic utopia. > I like your concepts, but I don’t like the word progressivism. It will be > too easily be confused with American progressivism which already has a > meaning. Instead of rational progressivism, how about “rational improvement” > or “rational evolvement”?
I'm with Chris; great insight, but potentially confusing terminology. How about: - scientific centrism - progressive centrism (adjective instead of noun) - progressive design - evolutionary centrism - activist centrism - improvisationalism Not quite there yet, but worth working on. As usual, I prefer a name that is oxymoronic and paradoxical in order to inspire cognitive dissonance. A good test would be whether it infuriates Solomon. :-) -- Ernie P. > > Chris > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Gonzalez > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:32 AM > To: radicalcentrism > Subject: [RC] Thoughts on this tenet? > > I want to home-in on this particular tenet and get to the heart of the point > (tempered optimism + our brand of centrism = rational progressivism): > > When pessimism infects centrism, it becomes angry populism. When apathy > blends with centrism, it creates the traditional view of the lazy, valueless > independent. What is needed, instead, is a tempered positivity in scientific > centrism, channeling the best aspects of an ideology that believes in the > application of workable solutions in individual, piecemeal fashion to civil > society. Consequently, a rejection of pessimism and apathy in favor of sober > belief in a society's ability to improve itself is an essential aspect of > centrism. The result of this is a rational progressivism that supports > testable change to improve the lot of the entire populace, rather than the > traditional American progressivism which moves toward some moralistic utopia. > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
