The author of the book Ideas Have Consequences, Richard M. Weaver, opens the book with an introduction claiming the foundational idea of the book: The west is denigrating. The idea is that the West is not progressing through science in technology, but we are denigrating ourselves by leaving objective truth. Weaver states that “with the denial of objective truth there is no escape from the relativism of ‘man the measure of all things’…Thus began the ‘abomination of desolation’”4. Weaver makes that claim that modern man has left the Platonic ideology. The reader is told that “we have lost our grip on reality.”14. In the conclusion of the introduction Weaver states that “our problem is how to recover that intellectual integrity which enables men to perceive the order of good.” 16 The intention of the first chapter is clearly stated; “to set forth the ultimate source of our feelings and thinking about the world, with makes our judgments of life not shifting and casual but necessary and right.”14 Weaver points out that individuals that cannot agree on “what the…show more content… He states that specialization leads to the inability to see the full implications of an action. The example of WWII and the induvial task forces to make the atomic bomb are an example of how specialization could only draw attention to the task at hand and not the implications of the atomic bomb. Weaver speaks on the concept of a “gentleman.” The gentleman is a man who does not trust specialization and is a man to be admired. A gentleman would be a good leader because he would be able to see the consequence of ideas and care for others. Weaver concludes that “as a system of production becomes ‘functionally rationalized,’ the worker is made to surrender both freedom and
