I and We are a very odd couple
The unreconstructed optimist will therefore approach Roger Scruton’s The Uses of Pessimism with more than a little trepidation.
Scruton does not argue in favour of comprehensive pessimism. His central thesis holds that unscrupulous optimism leads to faulty decision-making and that all our decisions should be leavened with an occasional dose of pessimism. So far, so sensible.
