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OP makes a clear case here. Appeals to universal values are fatally compromised by exceptions. If a rule doesn't apply under all conditions then it becomes of
by hunglee2 5y ago
OP makes a clear case here.
Appeals to universal values are fatally compromised by exceptions.
If a rule doesn't apply under all conditions then it becomes of matter of importance to determine who decides when they should be suspended. This reveals universalist values as hypocrisy, they are local values applied to others, for political purpose.
Its like a cop says 'don't steal cars', then goes ahead and steals _your_car, only to show up the next day and says 'don't steal cars'
Institutional distrust emerges this way
- MagnumOpus 5y ago> Appeals to universal values are fatally compromised by exceptions Only the willfully naive don't understand that exceptions are necessary. Just like a democracy cannot tolerate elements/parties that want to overthrow democracy if it plans to survive, a society cannot tolerate pervasive (and untrue) war propaganda from foreign enemies lest the actual domestic free press becomes so buried under a pile of manure that everybody throws up their hands and says "the truth cannot be known".
- raxxorrax 5y agoYeah, because the censorship is working so great. How could I be so naive to not believe that. The west did arm Nazis in Ukraine by the way, the US senate voted to supply the arms. This is a fact but there is also a context. And I think people should look into it.
- hunglee2 5y agoI would suggest only the wilfully naive accept universalist values as true. Feel free to propagate them onto other people, but let's at least be honest that is what we are doing. Example: when was the last time US was sanctioned for invading another country? Didn't happen, won't happen.