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Two wrongs don't make a right. "Aw, but everyone else is doing it!" has never been the basis of a respectable system of morality. It's playground ethics.
by jacques_chester 9y ago
Two wrongs don't make a right.
"Aw, but everyone else is doing it!" has never been the basis of a respectable system of morality. It's playground ethics.
- drjesusphd 9y agoWell, many people seem to excuse luminaries of the past for things like slavery saying things like "It was a different time. They should only be judged through the lens of their own culture." It might not be a respectable system of morality, but it's a popular one.
- jacques_chester 9y agoI hardly think 10 years ago qualifies for this point of view.
- phunehehe0 9y agoIt took me a while to find this fallacious argument is called "argumentum ad populum".