-isms

or Schools of Thought

“People are worthy of respect until proven otherwise. Ideas are not worthy of respect until proven otherwise.”

— Reddit user /u/Erin1976

Inclusion here is not an endorsement, it is just a place to collect and credit specific ideas. It means that there is a point to be made or a principal to be learned or internalized by studying or living some aspect of each of these -isms.

(Or maybe I still need to read more about a specific topic.)

Whatever the reason for its inclusion, there is no reason to be scared to learn about any of these ideas. Ideas can only harm you when they cut off areas of investigation or they claim that evidence is unnecessary. (If you are afraid of an idea because it contradicts how you feel about your behavior or your beliefs, you may be experiencing Cognitive Dissonance. Or it may just be a truly abhorrent idea, like drowning one's children.) )