Yes, the key word there is 'accept'. I'm trying to establish what people think to 'accept' should constitute. If I disagree that homosexuals should be...
If you were interested in what she said, then you wouldn't need to post it on a public forum. Just read the book. If you thought other people in this ...
Yes, I suppose it does, but what's important to me in the use of the terms is the pragmatic meaning, the reason why the distinction is of use to me. B...
Really? Are you saying that moral sentiments are not in people's minds? That when I think "murder is wrong" that thought is not taking place in my min...
I don't think all mental phenomena are subjective. Terrapin and I differ on this significantly. Personally I find the most successful definition of th...
Yeah, I had tried to make that clear to start with. You don't want to prevent them from speaking and you don't think their speech is harmful. But you ...
I don't understand what you mean by supported. I presume you don't deny that "Things are morally good or bad to someone.". It is a given that moral vi...
No, you state that "the monstrousness of these bad actors is bad in itself". Haven't actually heard an argument yet. No. Reason cannot 'produce' anyth...
That seems to be exactly what we're both talking about. Someone {the SJW} says X {"sack the racist!"} , it influences person y {the employer} to take ...
I don't know. I don't understand infinity either. It's just a logical inference. You think that your calculations using infinity are correct. The grea...
For fuck's sake man. You've written twelve posts in a row and none but one of them address anyone here directly by quote. More than half of them are j...
Come on. Just re read your own previous comments. The whole thing has been a street fight from start to finish and you're just as responsible for that...
As I've repeatedly pointed out (with no response, and this goes for @"tim wood" too) this is only true of any particular level of granularity you choo...
Thanks, I appreciate the support. Is it worth it? Probably not to be honest. It's a strange place here, billed as a discussion forum, but very much co...
One cannot bring about the desire to maintain social harmony, for example, simply by desiring it. We live in, and interact with, an environment and a ...
It was a hypothetical to try and understand your position, not a statement about the real world. I will attempt the same thing in abstract to see if t...
Yes, I think you're probably right. The point I was making is that, in the case slavery, two categories exist - those we're going to treat with dignit...
A word can't provide rationale for behaviour, it's just a word. The thing a word means can provide rationale for behaviour, so if people think that it...
What about relativism prevents two people from seeing if they agree about some fundamental preferences? Relativism does not argue (and has not been in...
But what had any of this got to do with the meaning of racism. If the people in question were fired for wearing inappropriate costumes, or using inapp...
I get it,but I'm still not sure where your lines are, it all sounds a bit psychological. If you say, on a public forum that something is wrong with SJ...
I don't understand how a definition is used to justify anything (other than a statement about the correct use of a word). If 'racism' were to mean pre...
As I said, I may need to look at the facts of the case in question, but to save me the time, could I just make it into a hypothetical. If the SJW's in...
Yeah, I presumed as much from reading your posts elsewhere. What I was confused about is the reasoning (if any) behind that dislike. Obviously simply ...
In what way do you think it is "dangerous". Racism is just a word, surely it can take any definition. If someone coined a new word to describe situati...
I know I'm at risk of opening a huge can of worms here, so please treat this as an inquiry, not a retort, but... You said that SJW's were wrong to "pr...
Well, you will have to decide that for yourself. 'Moral' and 'immoral' are just words. Whether an action is one or the other is simply a matter of det...
Obviously with the huge caveat that such a question can only be answered very much in context, I think here the 'elites' simply refers to those who de...
Excessively cynical though it may sound, I think rebellious counter-cultures are just as contrived as the mainstream culture they ostensibly replace. ...
I don't think you can get a definite answer. It's just a balance of probabilities. If lots of people around you are telling you that your personality ...
I don't think one can remove oneself from an elite group simply by declaring one's exclusion. Indeed, as I said above the definition of meritous art i...
Yes, I would say exactly that about the vast majority of philosophy. As I've said about art, that doesn't in any way devalue talking about it, nor red...
A story is, objectively, a series of events, thoughts, dialogue and description, as well as maybe a few direct propositions described using (hopefully...
The problem is that 'merit' has not been defined. It remains conveniently ephemeral so that it may be re-defined every time fashion changes. Keep the ...
Your wording is misleading. To claim that they couldn't 'find' anything wrong presumes in its expression that wrongness is something one could potenti...
Yes, because they are the very point being analysed, so to include them would be begging the question. We can hardly enquire about the justification f...
I think this is the crux of the problem. No one has yet provided any description of 'artistic merit' (as opposed to preference) which is not simply so...
Well, that's probably a good thing in terms of increasing diversity, but I think you still know what I mean with regards to the 'elite' who are the su...
Yes, that seems reasonable too. Right, but on what grounds? You're still not making explicit the link between the type of knowledge these critics have...
No, I'm afraid this is where we differ. It hinges on the 'knowledge' you're supposing them to have. I agree that they would know more about the play's...
Yes, I don't doubt you could, but, what I've read so far has been absolutely zero personal justification and a considerably bombastic appeal to author...
Yes, I think you may be right. It's this sort of thing I'm arguing against... And the latest ... Just replace 'English scholars' and 'art/artpiece' wi...
I get this bit and I agree with you that discussing the merits of art is not a worthless activity. The point that was originally made is that some peo...
So what's your reasoning for believing that? How would such a system work for you? Do things become more objective the more people believe them (that ...
Yes, I see why you've misunderstood me there. I deliberately said Christianity (the religious enterprise) not the bible (the book I exchanged for 'Eng...
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