#255 | Christine Denario | Add "Reason" to Values

@cdenario I agree, too, with Melissa that UUs have historically drawn inspiration from the “Age of Reason” or “Enlightenment” (even if I find both terms problematic as they center European “development” in a very specific point in time coinciding with colonialism and the corresponding false dichotomy of “European reason” and “savage superstition” in which the unjustified belief in the former helped provide ideological fuel for domination and extremely un-reason-able institutions, beliefs, and practices against those characterized as the latter). In that light, it could make sense to reference “Age of Reason” if one wants to recall that history.

I would note, however, that in another thread on this very topic, @JoAnn Mulready-Shick #164 proposed to include “reason” by writing in the value section now titled “Pluralism”:
We embrace our differences and commonalities with Love, curiosity, reason, and respect.
Perhaps that too might satisfy people’s wishes to include the term?

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