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It’s easy to be outraged at examples of hypocrisy. They piss me off too. But looking at the bigger picture, everybody is a hypocrite. I’m not sure it’s even pos
by amanaplanacanal 5y ago
It’s easy to be outraged at examples of hypocrisy. They piss me off too. But looking at the bigger picture, everybody is a hypocrite. I’m not sure it’s even possible to have a fully consistent moral philosophy, let alone always act in accordance with it.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI don't agree with that. I think you can have a moral philosophy that makes allowances. Using an example from a commentor above, the woman who steals baby formula so her child can survive. My philosophy can hold the idea that stealing is wrong but that it is justified if a life will be lost due to the failings of the wealthy and greater society to have put that person in that difficult situation. That's not hypocritical, that is a philosophy that allows for nuance.
- emodendroket 5y agoYes, but I don't think that's the idea. If you look at the body of work of any essayist, sermon-writer, etc., you'll find that eventually they end up contradicting themselves somehow. It's really hard not to.