or do you really mean "everyone's RIGHT to have an opinion should be respected"? It's not the same t thing. I will acknowledge that any yahoo can form an opinion and is entitled to it but is it incumbent on us to be polite when we clearly don't share those opinions?
Your opinions?
2006-08-21 19:10:52 · 21 answers · asked by spindoccc 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
just to clarify for people who think I automatically shut out opinions I don't share: Let's assume I take the time to listen and have either heard the argument before or have considered it and found it objectionable.
2006-08-21 19:35:10 · update #1
I think you make a dang good point.
But you are being polite to respect the PERSON.
2006-08-21 19:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Tina K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politeness is a good rule in general... Impoliteness has it's place, too, (though I can't seem to think of an example right off the top of my head, LOL.) I totally agree with you about the difference between respecting the right of opinion and respecting a specific opinion... There's a major big difference between the two.
I guess my advice to you on this is to maintain a polite attitude as often as you can... but when the situation calls for a harsh response, lay in with the throttle wide open. You'll know when the time comes.
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2006-08-22 02:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just because you don't share someone's opinion, why should you be rude to them? One should always be polite to everyone. All men are created equal and should be treated equally. Even if you think their opinion idiotic, you should argue as politely as possible. A good argument is not enhanced by being rude.
Also, you wouldn't want to be the sort of person who has to assert their opinion over someone else by resorting to insult. Better to use language to convince someone or expose the flaws of their opinion, than insult someone. (Sarcasm is permitted but no name calling.)
2006-08-22 02:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by Roswellfan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every ones right to have an opinion should be respected,because every ones opinion about something or someone isn't always a good opinion.
2006-08-22 02:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree everyone has a right to have an opinion. the corollary being that if someone disagrees vehemently they have a right to voice their opinion as well. it would be nice if the respect could spill over into respectful and well thought out comments and rebuttals, but it probably wouldn't be as much fun.
2006-08-22 02:17:39 · answer #5 · answered by pyg 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has a right to his own opinion but how can you respect a person's opinion if it is badly hitting someone else's feeling?
2006-08-22 02:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by hanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Opinion" comes from intelligence. Intelligence is the by-product of all past expereinces, thoughts, civilisations so it is rotten, old, divides people. But, this "Question Answer" forum gives an opportunity to really see the diversity of this "rottenness" for us to again understand how "foolish" is all opinions. Which divides people and lead to war. So Let us all have an opinion to see all opinion as basically "void".
2006-08-22 02:27:34 · answer #7 · answered by r_govardhanam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I read a philosopher once (Hobbes?) who stated that to deny the presentation of any opinion was inherently evil because in denying the presentation of another opinion than our own, we are denying ourselves from the possibility of exchanging error for truth. Unless we humor the opinion and compare it with our own conceptions, we cannot check the truths we hold to be true. In this exchange, if the opinion is accepted as reality, our previously erronious world view has been fixed, and a more correct one has taken its place. Thus, we can act upon our world in a manner more suitible to our goals, intentions, and interactions with it.
2006-08-22 02:30:53 · answer #8 · answered by neuralzen 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Values are all subjective based on standards of morality. There is no absolute truth. Therefore, every opinion (which by definition is subjective) holds equal value. We only disvalue opinions when they are in the minority. Doesn't make them wrong, just makes them less popular.
2006-08-22 02:17:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although English is not my mother tongue, I understand that both statements are equivalent; apparently there is a slight nuance of difference but the "result" is the same, isn't it?
And of course, yes, everyone's point of view has the right to be heard and be evaluated accrdingly.
2006-08-22 02:17:46 · answer #10 · answered by ngiapapa 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋