Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ...
by hotpotamus on Monday December 26, 2022 @11:32AM
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Well, personally, if I attended or worked at MIT, I would not want Nazis on campus and would accept banning them.
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ...
by naasking on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:42PM
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Great, you're free to not want them, but everyone has to justify their actions, so an action like banning a group still requires justification. If that justification is sound and based on accepted ethical principles, it should arguably become an ethical rule. I personally haven't seen an argument that satisfies the requirements.
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ...
by hotpotamus on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:36PM
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I don't think I've ever met a human who was incapable of justifying their actions.
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ...
by naasking on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @08:21AM
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They're all capable of attempting to justify their actions, but rarely is that justification sound. "Justification" here means a deductive argument from principles, sort of like what you'd find in a court of law based on except based on ethical rather than legal principles.
Secondly, your personal ethics are absolutely relevant because ethics advances by persuasion in rational debate. Everyone's views on such matters are relevant, if not persuasive.