#moralskepticism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #moralskepticism, aggregated by home.social.
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⬆️ @benroyce @escarpment @nicholas_saunders
>> Most people, when introduced to #moralSkepticism for the first time, make the argument, "…but what about *this* bad thing" (in your case, Trump and fascism.) This is an error. By analogy, I might say "color is an illusion…" and your response is "…but look how red this apple is!"
Moral skepticism has its place (That’s why I follow you), but I have no illusions that color is a #worldSecurity risk; here, throwing away a vote to signal moral outrage IS
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⬆️ @benroyce @escarpment @nicholas_saunders
>> Most people, when introduced to #moralSkepticism for the first time, make the argument, "…but what about *this* bad thing" (in your case, Trump and fascism.) This is an error. By analogy, I might say "color is an illusion…" and your response is "…but look how red this apple is!"
Moral skepticism has its place (That’s why I follow you), but I have no illusions that color is a #worldSecurity risk; here, throwing away a vote to signal moral outrage IS
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⬆️ @benroyce @escarpment @nicholas_saunders
>> Most people, when introduced to #moralSkepticism for the first time, make the argument, "…but what about *this* bad thing" (in your case, Trump and fascism.) This is an error. By analogy, I might say "color is an illusion…" and your response is "…but look how red this apple is!"
Moral skepticism has its place (That’s why I follow you), but I have no illusions that color is a #worldSecurity risk; here, throwing away a vote to signal moral outrage IS