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Acknowledging a truth does not make you duty-bound to address the problem. Indeed, even though I know that a traffic accident is one of the most likely ways tha
by IggleSniggle 7y ago
Acknowledging a truth does not make you duty-bound to address the problem. Indeed, even though I know that a traffic accident is one of the most likely ways that my children will die, and even though I adore my children, I still drive them around almost every day.
- arkitaip 7y agoBut it does make someone a hypocrite and maybe not someone you want to spend time listening to. In your example, it would be more relevant if you were a public figure who talked about the dangers of car driving wrt kids...
- rebuilder 7y agoThat really doesn't leave many people worth listening to.
- nothrabannosir 7y agoHypocrites aren’t wrong; they’re just hypocrites. We need to detach our ego from this debate if we ever want to find a solution, and just so that of others.
- ksdale 7y agoThough I agree in general, I think acknowledging it kind of smugly changes the calculus a bit.
- Roritharr 7y agoWhy?
- ksdale 7y agoIf someone says, “Here is a wrong thing,” that’s just an acknowledgement that the thing is wrong, but there is no hypocrisy. If they say “Here is a wrong thing and anyone who does it sucks,” then it is the definition of hypocrisy if they do it themselves. The smugness is an implicit moral judgment, and the moral judgment has to create a duty to act, or else it’s not a moral judgment (maybe? I’m not a philosopher...)
- mercer 7y agoIf anything, it's the other way around. We can call out someone for being a hypocrite or smug, if we so desire, but it shouldn't change the calculus.