Isiah Berlin in defense of PLURALISM

 

1. All human beings have one true purpose, or end in life (telos) and one only, that of x (salvation; rational self-direction; etc.)

 

2. The values of all human beings must of necessity fit into a single universal, harmonious pattern, which some (the rational) may discern more clearly than others.

 

3. All conflict is due solely to the failure to appreciate the true telos, that is, is due to irrational individuals or societies.

 

4. When all human beings have been made rational (i.e., made to understand the true telos), they will obey the rational laws of their own natures, which are one and the same in them all, and so be at once wholly law-abiding and wholly free.

 

Berlin's counter: Reject the first premise.