All we read, hear, see and encounter floods us with sensory overload. We are no longer starved for details about the world. Instead we are lost in a confusion of facts and opinions. Deluged by details most people are unable to determine important from trivial known facts. Some are unable to distinguish known facts from fantasies, or fictions.
Fictions are elaborate stories that assist people in understanding an otherwise confusing situation.
Some specific legal fictions are created by well meaning folks to generate certainty. An overt goal of all my classes is to challenge uor shared prejudices and examin our follies in the light of gentle dialogue. This is done with respect for you as a source of individually inherent value. The aim of this challenge is to allow you to exercise good judgment in distinguishing between trustworthy, widely accepted facts and erroneous but commonly held fictions. Unless we practice reasoned discourse, respect for the beliefs of others and an honest commitment to substantiated facts we run the risk of indoctrination.