Something I'm slowly coming to realize is that unless you have a logically defensible moral position, it's hard to argue with people that disagree. Backfire Ef

Something I'm slowly coming to realize is that unless you have a logically defensible moral position, it's hard to argue with people that disagree. Backfire Effect: "The backfire effect occurs when, in the face of contradictory evidence, established beliefs do not change but actually get stronger. The effect has been demonstrated experimentally in psychological tests, where subjects are given data that either reinforces or goes against their existing biases - and in most cases people can be shown to increase their confidence in their prior position regardless of the evidence they were faced with." http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Backfire_effect http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Backfire_effect Possible solution -- first tell them how they're right, and then show them how each of your perspectives overlap/align (connect the overlapping truth), like discovering the missing piece to a puzzle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13672763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13672763