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Are You Asked To Pick A Best Answer In The Philosophy Section?

The reason I ask is because Philosophy should be the proposal of ideas and theory, w/no ultimate judgement, only an open forum for consideration.
Am I correct in this?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It seems the problem is not in THAT an answer is picked as best. Such a notion seems to be the pragmatic application of the "marketplace of ideas". The problem becomes the WHO. Whereas the marketplace of ideas incorporates all within it to determine the acceptance of a proposition, statement, theory, or belief, here on Yahoo Answers, we find that (while all have the power to give thumbs up/down or 'pick' the best answer when a question is put "In Voting") in the end, the question asker becomes supreme chancelor, judge and jury.