Social Justice Fallacies

De: Thomas Sowell

Narrado por: Brad Sanders

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!

Us versus them

The core of his argument is liberal, misguided, kindness, and concern, and unexpected consequences from policy.

Trust me, I’m a big fan of facts, however the hegemony of the left brain over right brain concepts of empathy they bear the the rationalist quip “facts don’t care about your feelings”


Ultimately, the parable of the good Samaritan stands in contrast to payday lending which he defends as a function of rational self interested capitalism whose lenders offer a service to a population, who otherwise do not have access to money.


If Thomas were drowning, what rational person would either throw him a life preserver or jump to save him?

Great book.

I really enjoyed the authors research and fact based opinions. The careful use of words and delivery of these allows the reader to come to their own conclusions and not deal talked into believing something. Well read and delivered for audio.

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.

Thought-provoking but poor audio performance.

The information was thought-provoking but the audio profomance made it very difficult to follow the author's narrative.

Both enlightening and entertaining

The time has arrived that if we continue to ignore facts and logic we are going to destroy ourselves. Thomas Sowell is without a doubt, one of greatest minds of the past 93 years. He is gifted with the ability to portray even complex information simply, logically, and persuasively. While the topic is mission critical to the success of humanity, the book is very entertaining in the way it is crafted. In fact, all his books are like this.

Every century humanity is gifted with only a handful of people like Sowell. Our success will be determined by two essentials: our ability to identify these people and our willingness to listen and learn from them.

Great way to spend a day.

As a study of history I've spent much time listening to different historical books. I will say this is by far one of my favorite. While at work I was able to put aside 6 hours of listening time while I was doing paperwork and I have found this book very intriguing. This was the first time that I had ever listened to a book from beginning to end my wife was amazed at the fact that this book kept my interest the whole time. I would recommend this book to anybody who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the fallacy behind social Justice.

A mastermind’s insight into modern America

Thomas Sowell brings his mastery of the English language to reveal and disassemble the core of the post-modern fallacy inappropriately named “Social Justice”. A must read for thinking people.