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Harris's point is that moral accountability lies solely with the murderers, not the cartoonists. The same goes for your examples. You don't blame the person try
by chroma 10y ago
Harris's point is that moral accountability lies solely with the murderers, not the cartoonists. The same goes for your examples. You don't blame the person trying to vote. Yes, there are practical expectations (this is why I use a pseudonym when criticizing certain ideas), but saying, "What did you expect?" is an indictment of the group doing the harm, not the provocateur.
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoSo his point is that murder is bad? That seems a bit self-evident to me. Am I missing something? Why is he focussing on the cartoons?
- michaelbuddy 10y agoMaybe it's the fact that the quote is contextual, and you're not privy to the discussion around it. Basically there are people that say "Well they shouldn't have provoked it by drawing Muhammad, the cartoonists had it coming" Yes I've actually seen people write that too. Sam Harris is saying, that actually the cartoonists are blameless and there is no moral justification any one, muslim or not can use to blame the cartoonists for their own deaths.