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Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by lowdose on Sunday August 30, 2020 @06:38PM (#24326582)
To kick off a morality discussion on HN with a Godwin shows you have good amount of confidence. I have changed my mind a lot on this stance when I read that in Protestants churches for 400 years was preached that the Jews killed Jesus. Antisemitism was baked in such that even the King of England is seen on pictures with Hitler himself.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Christianity

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Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by jxurueydyys on Sunday August 30, 2020 @09:05PM (#24327516)
This is a really lazy criticism considering they never specified which side they were talking about. WW2 is a good example because most Americans have some general knowledge of the subject to help them understand the topic compared to other possible examples.

Their point holds because there are numerous societies where killing is viewed as immoral but which make an exception for their soldiers performing their duties. Do you have an actual counter-argument or are we just using reddit memes as dismissals now?

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Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by lowdose on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:17AM (#24329170)
> Do you have an actual counter-argument or are we just using reddit memes as dismissals now?

Your first comment under a throwaway account framing the argument at the level of reddit, are you kidding me?

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Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by 082349872349872 on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:17AM (#24329687)
Neither that Wikipedia article, nor the "Jewish deicide" one, mentions the "roman false flag" hypothesis[1]:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24197646

[1] How plausible is it? Bulgakov's novel is opposite to most which touch on this theme, in that its genre for the present day scenes is magical realism, but its genre for the pilate and christ scenes is hardboiled.

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