Re:We need to reclaim our attention
by dTal on Sunday January 02, 2022 @05:05PM
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Ethical nihilism is no basis for public policy. Your argument successfully justifies legal murder, for instance. Who are we to say that it's wrong?
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Re:We need to reclaim our attention
by thegrimmest on Sunday January 02, 2022 @06:01PM
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If someone consents to be murdered, who are we indeed to stop them? My argument doesn't justify non-consensual murder at all however.
It certainly does justify it. And literally everything else. It's an argument against laws of any kind. After all, "good, desirable or natural" are not real. We have no framework to rank desirability of outcome, according to you. The only reasonable way forward is tolerance of the full diversity of belief, right? Including the belief that murder is okay.
Re:We need to reclaim our attention
by thegrimmest on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:37AM
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Well, if one person doesn't want to be murdered and another wants to murder someone, and these people are equal, then we have a conflict. We should tolerate the full diversity of belief, but we should not tolerate infringement on anyone's liberty.