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That's a huge assumption. E.g. I reckon Dr. Mengele is evil, and I would not have any dialogue about it. That's not the point. We have a word for 'blue', 'wet',
by varjag 9y ago
That's a huge assumption. E.g. I reckon Dr. Mengele is evil, and I would not have any dialogue about it. That's not the point. We have a word for 'blue', 'wet', 'stupid', 'awesome'. We have one for evil too.
And for certain things, saying 'morally wrong' is downplaying it. It puts casino cheaters and Auswitz guards into the same conceptual spot.
- naasking 9y ago> We have one for evil too. Not with a well-defined meaning. Go ahead and try to nail down a specific definition of evil that includes only "heinous" moral crimes while excluding "non-heinous" transgressions. I guarantee I'll be able to drive 15 trucks through the holes in your definition. And without a rigourous definition, people are way too cavalier in labeling others "evil", which is simply not conducive to progress. > And for certain things, saying 'morally wrong' is downplaying it. It puts casino cheaters and Auswitz guards into the same conceptual spot. No more than the word "fall" places sky diving and tripping into the same conceptual spot. The differences in degree aren't so nuanced that people will struggle to grasp them.