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> What scares me is that there are moral fashions too. They're just as arbitrary... There is an argument that people should not be held responsible for decades
by humanistbot 5y ago
> What scares me is that there are moral fashions too. They're just as arbitrary...
There is an argument that people should not be held responsible for decades old views, as well as the argument that people should be given an opportunity to learn new social norms instead of being immediately canceled. But to say that these issues are just as arbitrary as fashion is a completely different argument --- and a specious one at that.
- civilized 5y agoExcept he didn't say "all moral views are moral fashions", he said "there are moral fashions", or equivalently, "some moral views are moral fashions". Some != All.
- commandlinefan 5y agoAnd the viewpoints that get you cancelled are as arbitrary as fashionable clothing.