Social Justice Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Brad Sanders

Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, which are often the opposite of what is widely believed.

However attractive the social justice vision, the crucial question is whether the social justice agenda will get us to the fulfillment of that vision. History shows that the social justice agenda has often led in the opposite direction, sometimes with catastrophic consequences.

More things are involved besides simply mistakes. All human beings are fallible, and social justice advocates may not necessarily make any more mistakes than others. But crusaders with an utter certainty about their mission are often undeterred by obstacles, evidence or even fatal dangers. That is where much of the Western world is today. The question is whether we will continue on heedlessly, past the point of no return.

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Another awesome book by the great Thomas Sowell

This is a great book that will give valuable insights to the world around us and how it got this way.

Another Thomas Sowell masterpiece

Pro’s-Throughly logical arguments, presented in an easy to understand manner. The author’s critique regarding social justice should be answered by progressives, not just dismissed out of hand. If progressives were honest they would have to admit Thomas Sowell make some profoundly interesting points.
Con’s-Some of this material has been covered by a few of his other books. The reader was rather bland and somewhat monotonous.

Greatest Thinker of our Time does it again!!

Is there a More Important Individual in Helping us all just understand How to think about ANY topic? May this man live until 200!

So many fallacies so little effort to research the facts and truly help.

As usual, Thomas Sowell is brillant. No one listens to all this logic. The facts are there if we just look before we take action or make policy.

Expect no less from the best

Many new and fresh insights while some were from Sowell’s previous books, still great to listen to

Eye opening view of justice

Wow! This is everything modern education is not. Objective and even. This book should be required reading in high school. It would be fascinating to read this book and then a similar, but opposing view. Then openly discuss the matter.

I’m dreaming. Sorry.

Well done Mr. Sowell!

Devoured it in its entirety

How does he do it? Thomas Sowell has such a grip on the English language; he frames institutions and their social and or economic pathologies with an economy of words that never bores the reader. he doesn't care about anyone's feelings. he understands what his role is as a true academic in his field of expertise and more often than not, diagnosis the issue with a simple, clean red-penned outline. A true call to action on every topic he writes about.
A national treasure.

Nobel prize in economics?

Such clear logic on what works and does not work
He should have won the Nobel prize for his work in approximately 1969. Maybe it will happen someday.

Brilliant thinker and writer!

He focuses on facts regardless of how they FEEL to others. He has a Stoic style: Facts aren’t good or bad. They just ARE. Peoples feelings and judgement of these facts (The left) is what leads them to ignore and distort them to the peril of those that the facts effect. Having the courage in today’s
world to express FACTS without processing through a subjective filter of those facts is refreshing. READ EVERYTHING FROM THIS AUTHOR!

Great book, poor performance

This was a great book. I really appreciate the authors take on issues of our time