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> Think about all the different situations where being treated equally to someone else is a good thing. Now you generalize that into "everyone is created equal"
by Scea91 9y ago
> Think about all the different situations where being treated equally to someone else is a good thing. Now you generalize that into "everyone is created equal", and that turns into a justification for all these situations.
The valid generalization would be "everyone should be treated equally" not "everyone is created equal" which is a totally different thing.
- jabot 9y agoGood point. EDIT: I think what you're doing here is criticising A by constructing A' and arguing that it is better (by having the same consequences while being less general). That is a good way of criticising the generalization as well.