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Thats the wrong way to look at it IMO. The question is before you even start throwing the moral gauntlet on other people, what are you doing about it? Now you
by ThomPete 9y ago
Thats the wrong way to look at it IMO.
The question is before you even start throwing the moral gauntlet on other people, what are you doing about it? Now you might be doing something but then the question is whether you are actually doing something about it.
There are plenty of arguments for why ex. doing NGO work or sponsoring a child is doing more harm than good and actually hurting. So I wouldn't be so fast to cast judgement.
I don't think you find many people who don't care about other people suffering intellectually. The question is whether they are choosing to suffer more others to suffer less.
- hwillis 9y agoThats a tu quoque fallacy[1] and also fails on a couple levels to address what I mean. First off I'm not making a moral judgement, and I'm not talking about actions at all. I'm not even trying to judge them at all. They made an assertion about humanity and i find that assertion alarming, but i didnt try to reflect it on them and stayed as impersonal as I could. Its the intentions i was concerned about, not the effects. They were describing people who dont even care intellectually- thats freaky to think about. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
- ThomPete 9y agoThe point I was trying to make is maybe you and the parent aren't that different you just talk about it different ways.