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PIRIE, MADSEN (2006)(2015) How To Win Every Argument, Bloomsbury, London.
The argumentum ad temperantiam
This fallacy reasons the moderate view is always the correct one. (195). Moderation equates to soundness. (195).
Taking an average or moderate view does not mean it will be a correct view. (195).
I describe myself online as a moderate conservative in regards to religious studies and philosophical views and as well, political views. I attempt to take moderate positions, even when I am stating that a premise is true and therefore, contradictory positions are false. In other words, I attempt to take reasonable, researched positions.
Example
Jesus Christ is the only means of salvation.
Non-exhaustive from the New Testament
John 14:6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Acts 4:12 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
Hebrews 9:27-28 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
27 And inasmuch as it is [a]appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, 28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Footnotes: Hebrews 9:27 Lit laid up
Through the use of the scripture, biblical studies, theology and even philosophy of religion, I can make reasoned, researched positions that I consider moderate. But, I can admit, in a sense, as the exclusivity of Christ is not inclusive of contradictory views, it will be considered an extreme view by many.
There is an aspect of semantics and interpretation is defining what is moderate and what is extreme.
The moderate view, defined in a certain context, is not always the correct one. Agreed.
A correct view, may be achieved fortuitously, such as being born into it via parents and culture. But a reasoned, researched view that is true (it could be false) is likely to have a higher level of correctness.
