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IikeClockwork
Ive been thinking about the concept of objective morality and how it is fundamentally statist. Because if an objective *ideal* moral system exists, then that implicitly justifies the existance of
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Troy Simpson
TroyPSimpson
A thread. I have listened to Scott Morrison’s speech on ‘identity politics’. He seems to believe freedom depends on morality (and morality depends on God). Whereas, I believe freedom depends
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Jaydon #FreeMubarakBala
Jaydon225
Dr Sam commits a fallacy in that presentation—an appeal to undesirable consequences. "If we say we have no free will, then A and B will happen; therefore, we have free
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Sam Ashworth-Hayes
SAshworthHayes
I look forward to their forthcoming prosecution for wearing political uniforms under the Public Order Act 1936, as correctly applied to Britain First in the recent past. Wearing a branded
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Terran Sol
terran_sol
Does morality have meaning outside of evolutionary biology &/or game theory? Why or why not? If yes, then how is it reliably derived by humans? If no, then pure earthly
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free to fic (foff)
freetofic
I think this person just nailed the reason for so many young ppl believing that fanworks made them ‘think [x] was ok’: bc they mistake feelings of disgust for morality,
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Marianne Williamson
marwilliamson
1/ Of all the things the left surrendered to the right over the last 40 years, patriotism and morality are the two that have hurt us the most. 2/ The
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Michael McCullough
ME_McCullough
1/13 Is virtue signaling a perversion of morality? Here, Neil Levy says "no."https://aeon.co/ideas/is-virtue-signalling-a-perversion-of-morality 2/13 The title is a bit misleading. Levy is actually pushing back against the smaller claim tha
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Joey Akan
JoeyAkan
So all of you people just discovered that Naira Marley is a villain? When he advocated for fraud, you didn’t see it. When he made that Soapy dance, and made
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Jordan L. Perkins, Esq.
jordanlperkins
Continuing a prior rant with a bit of personal intellectual history: I actually came to my present political-jurisprudential philosophy from an analysis of, of all people, Ronald Dworkin. I think
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Khawaja Ji John DelVento
delventotime
Intriguing study - “Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people's beliefs” It shows that religious peoples “morality “it’s just what they think is right
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Cam
Sunset_Embers
I love how philosophy provides no answers and makes every debate worse In my first year I was like “wow I’ll be able to win any argument soon” but philosophy
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Anubhav Singh
lucifer_damned
I remember the hypnotic spell Ekta Kapoor’s drivel had cast on Indian Middle Class. Modi’s hypnotic spell mirrors that. He figured out quite early that they could be sold anything
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Elie Sfeir 🇱🇧
Internalizable
The Iranian's Sufferings - A Thread:https://twitter.com/Ratkindaughter/status/1266320225336791042 A mother & her daughters aged 14 & 16 were out after weeks of #COVID19 lockdown. But morality police turned their walk into hell
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Fadi_Al_Jeridi
Even if God exists (huge if) morality can't be objective.A thread. Morality is an abstract concept which concerns itself about distinguishing 'good' from 'bad' actions. Religious people refer to their
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The War Within | Ahsan Irfan
ahsanirfan1985
1/ This is what emotional manipulation *really* looks like.A shaming tactic that tries to foster obedience through an implied morality, a morality that one may not agree with.https://twitter.com/ahsanirfan1985/status/1287595930833661958?s=2
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