Abstract
Legend has it that once when Kant was out for a walk and deeply preoccupied with a complex philosophical problem, a passerby asked him the time of day. Instead of giving the expected sort of answer, Kant, in his reverie, is said to have launched into a lengthy abstract discussion of time, perception, and language.1 Most of us probably have friends or acquaintances (especially in academic life) who similarly respond to a specific issue, problem, or question with very general principles, philosophies, or prejudices rather than with points that have direct relevance to the specifics of the case. This happens to be particularly mischievous, in my experience, when intense ideological passions are brought to bear on complex and specific public-policy issues: the ideologue who avoids specifics may take a position that a careful analysis of the matter would show was inconsistent with his own values. Thus we should
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