Re:Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism
by goodpoint on Saturday November 27, 2021 @02:21PM
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The very opposite.
Honest debate requires being open to have your mind changed.
If you believe that killing children is ethically unacceptable you cannot at the same time engage in a debate on when to kill children.
There is a reason why legal systems have a distinction between crimes that allow debate, extenuating circumstances, statutory time limits and others don't have such wiggle room.
Honest debate requires being open to have your mind changed.
If you believe that killing children is ethically unacceptable you cannot at the same time engage in a debate on when to kill children.
There is a reason why legal systems have a distinction between crimes that allow debate, extenuating circumstances, statutory time limits and others don't have such wiggle room.