Return to Topics . Opinion These days, those who lead our government make their decisions as to how to govern on the basis of the People's opinions. They behave as if opinions are the bedrock in which a Democracy is grounded. Opinion may be grounded in sound thought, but it is more likely to be based upon what makes one feel good. It is easily swayed by appeals to the emotions.
Opinion is to some extent inevitable.
It is impossible to know enough to be able to discern the absolute truth of an idea. Which competing truth one affirms is always to some extent a matter of aesthetics, a personal choice of what one prefers. It is another matter when our passion as a People for personal choice is used to justify the substitution of opinion for sound thought. Return to Topics . The benefits of each new technology are always touted by those who stand to benefit by its adoption.