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Originally Posted by Edahn
Can you explain the connection between a movement and moral imperative? I don't see it.
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Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:
movement- an organized effort to promote or attain an end
consensus- group solidarity in sentiment and belief
imperative (noun)- an imperative judgement or proposition
imperative (adj)- of, relating to, or constituting the grammatical mood that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another
The deconstructionist movement is organized in academia basically to end the oppression it perceives from the Modernist and Humanist era. Its consensus (moral belief) is the moral imperative (moral judgement or proposition that expresses the will to influence the behavior of others) that it is wrong to oppress people (the "end" of the deconstructionist movement is basically to end oppression).
I reiterate:
Postmodernism has sought to deconstruct every social institution, every meta-narrative (every narrative for that matter), every power structure basically because they believe they oppress people.
Yet Postmodernists deny the existence of any moral absolutes whatsoever.
So how can it be "wrong" to oppress people in a Postmodernist view?