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One could extend the the grandparent comment with yours: "When Alice says Bob is evil, she's saying Bob is attached to some values, and those values are evil b
by eric-hu 8y ago
One could extend the the grandparent comment with yours:
"When Alice says Bob is evil, she's saying Bob is attached to some values, and those values are evil by Alice's own value system". This definition avoids calling any view objectively evil, but admits some values are evil in a given value system. That should be uncontentious.
- dabbledash 8y agoYes. And I think it can still be wise to avoid jumping to “this person is evil” too quickly. Most of us know we often behave in ways inconsistent with our own values (because of lack of information or just personal imperfection). But when we see other people behaving in ways we think of as wrong, we’re quick to assume their behavior reflects their deepest values, instead of weakness or ignorance or normal hypocrisy. Seems like a manifestation of the fundamental attribution error: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_erro...