Appealing To Emotion
The economist Friedrich von Hayek used the term “obscurantism” differently, to denote and describe the denial of the truth of scientific theory because of disagreeable moral consequences. In the essay “Why I Am Not a Conservative” (1960), he disparages conservatism for its inability to adapt to changing human realities, or to offer a positive political program.
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