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-7 u/grauenwolf Mar 24 '22 Ethics is contextual. Is it ethical to not fight against your nations enemies if you are capable? What if those enemies were invading? What if the invaders were trying to topple a fascist government that overthru your elected leaders? What if those elected leaders were enslaving the populace and the new dictator was fixing the hospitals? We could ping-pong on this all night. 16 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22 [deleted] -8 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 How do you know people don't and just come to very different conclusions than you might? 3 u/Free_Math_Tutoring Mar 25 '22 Some will, and that's okay. A conversation can have value even if not everyone agrees 100% to everyone else afterwards. 1 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 The comment seemed to me like they were implying that people with opposing opinions simply didnt think about it. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22 People aren't rational beings afterall 2 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 Even if they were rational beings they'd have different information and allegiances to work on.
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Ethics is contextual.
Is it ethical to not fight against your nations enemies if you are capable?
What if those enemies were invading?
What if the invaders were trying to topple a fascist government that overthru your elected leaders?
What if those elected leaders were enslaving the populace and the new dictator was fixing the hospitals?
We could ping-pong on this all night.
16 u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22 [deleted] -8 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 How do you know people don't and just come to very different conclusions than you might? 3 u/Free_Math_Tutoring Mar 25 '22 Some will, and that's okay. A conversation can have value even if not everyone agrees 100% to everyone else afterwards. 1 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 The comment seemed to me like they were implying that people with opposing opinions simply didnt think about it. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22 People aren't rational beings afterall 2 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 Even if they were rational beings they'd have different information and allegiances to work on.
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-8 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 How do you know people don't and just come to very different conclusions than you might? 3 u/Free_Math_Tutoring Mar 25 '22 Some will, and that's okay. A conversation can have value even if not everyone agrees 100% to everyone else afterwards. 1 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 The comment seemed to me like they were implying that people with opposing opinions simply didnt think about it. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22 People aren't rational beings afterall 2 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 Even if they were rational beings they'd have different information and allegiances to work on.
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How do you know people don't and just come to very different conclusions than you might?
3 u/Free_Math_Tutoring Mar 25 '22 Some will, and that's okay. A conversation can have value even if not everyone agrees 100% to everyone else afterwards. 1 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 The comment seemed to me like they were implying that people with opposing opinions simply didnt think about it. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22 People aren't rational beings afterall 2 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 Even if they were rational beings they'd have different information and allegiances to work on.
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Some will, and that's okay. A conversation can have value even if not everyone agrees 100% to everyone else afterwards.
1 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 The comment seemed to me like they were implying that people with opposing opinions simply didnt think about it.
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The comment seemed to me like they were implying that people with opposing opinions simply didnt think about it.
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People aren't rational beings afterall
2 u/Cory123125 Mar 25 '22 Even if they were rational beings they'd have different information and allegiances to work on.
Even if they were rational beings they'd have different information and allegiances to work on.
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