A multilingual society can articulate itself in the
Panglossian tradition of creating separate worlds, with the modification that the Goan does not claim to write about his world being the best of possible worlds.
This is no more believable than his
Panglossian view of 1950s America.
This outlook goes quite a bit beyond Pollyannaish and arrives rather nearer to
Panglossian.
There is no room for complacency or
Panglossian optimism.
Bashir established herself early both as an idealist and a check on
Panglossian hopes for Afghanistan's post-Taliban future.
It is, however, an easy and informative read that describes with
Panglossian lenses the Haiti of the 1950s prior to Duvalier's ascendancy.
Psychologist Kathy McMahon calls it "
Panglossian disorder," when we know there's a crisis we must deal with but decide to go shopping instead.
In her testimony to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, she said: "Given that Pakistan is unlikely to be induced to abandon its reliance upon militancy under its nuclear umbrella for both external and internal reasons, the international community -including the United States-should abandon its
Panglossian optimism that additional foreign assistance or security assistance will shift Pakistan's strategic calculus away from using LeT or other militants to service its internal and external goals."
In sum, despite its
Panglossian portrayal of those at the pinnacle of the productive pyramid, there is much to enjoy in Atlas Shrugged.
Rather than suffering from Stockholm syndrome, it was actually a fitting example of the good-natured, almost
Panglossian, optimism that seems to suffuse Chadad's entire Libyan adventure.
Vitalis's objectives is to disabuse one of accepting what he asserts is the overly
Panglossian approach--the "mythmaking"--that shapes and dominates the appreciation of the kingdom and its relations with the United States.
Hayek was more interested in employing values that allegedly bubble up from the order itself, but this effort is unconvincing because it forces one either into the
Panglossian fallacy or into asserting ethical commitments with no basis at all.
And ancillary to this is a rich stew of arguments, ranging from the apocalyptic (peak oil will lead to the end of civilization) to the
panglossian (peak oil will keep us from destroying the ecosystem).
This is more
Panglossian economics than sound financial management.Unless the government gets serious about funding PSPE pensions in a more equitable manner and puts medium term financial policy at the centre of its strategy, the mess will get worse.
