Foxy,

Firing spit balls from the bleachers is never a good look.

Dear John,

It is rare that the effects of a social action cannot be easily foreseen with just a bit of common sense. That the introduction of welfare programs significantly reduces poverty rates among single mothers and their children (just because that is an example you provided) is anything but rocket science: it is ridiculously beyond me why two adults were paid to "prove" it scientifically when any 10-year-old child could see that trivial truth.

The question stands, does one like single mothers and their children to be poor - some do, others don't.

Regarding the "common good", that is an impractical concept because one can only tell what it comprises of retrospectively. In other words, guessing the common good is equivalent to future-telling.

While material effects can usually be predicted quite accurately by common-sense and/or science, whether these effects are good or otherwise, is outside the jurisdiction of science.

Humans (and animals) are naturally biased - they rather enjoy than suffer, they rather be rich than poor, healthy than sick, famous than infamous, loved than hated, they rather live than die, etc., but does any of that renders their desires "good"?

In hindsight, once an event belongs in the past, only then we can say with confidence that it was good, reasoning that "God wished (or at least allowed) it to be so and there is no good but God", but not before.

mhaze,

Evidence-based facts are not "spit balls," nor are they
"fake news."

MHAZE,

Actually, I'm with Intelligence.

But at the moment I'm working under cover.

What does ECNUD mean?

Do you agree anyone who takes Aged Welfare from the State is a SOCIALIST?
Paul1405,
No, not after having paid top rate Tax for 54 years, why ? I think a bureaudroid who exploited negative gearing & had the State prop up his Superannuation is a Socialist !

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Dear mikk,

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You ask :

« What actually is 'Conservatism'? »

It’s driving your Holden Kingswood (HQ) sedan to church while looking in the rear vision mirror.

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