The article ends with:
All this suggests that clashes between traditional human dignity and the debased utilitarianism which characterises public debate in Australia are all but insoluble. Ultimately the problem is that the side which sees meaning in suffering is willing to reason it out. The other side isn’t.Unfortunately this dilemma is experienced today across many, if not most disciplines, largely because Post Modern philosophies have reduced truth to opinion and often not even an informed opinion. Unfortunately the only way to overcome the impasse that such a position imposes on society is to gain the power to over-rule the 'other', and that is what we are witnessing in today's political arena. The will to power above all else.
Nietzsche was so prophetic it hurts.
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