Re:New Giant Viruses Further Blur the Definition of Life
by woodandsteel on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @07:52PM
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It's post-modernism only if you assume that human beings have no set, general psychological characteristics and are entirely the product of socialization. Otherwise it is pragmatism.
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Re:New Giant Viruses Further Blur the Definition of Life
by omginternets on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @05:46PM
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Huh?
It's most assuredly post-modernist because it implicitly assumes that all categories are equal in value (i.e.: that no category is better than another), and that the decision is at it's core a power-struggle (i.e.: oppressive to the loser).
This is, again, a tired and fruitless approach.