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>>> But it’s not as if someone is getting up in the morning and making a decision that they’re going to be a large person This fallacy is a big problem with pe
by injb 3y ago
>>> But it’s not as if someone is getting up in the morning and making a decision that they’re going to be a large person
This fallacy is a big problem with people claiming that various negative things in life are "not choices". The idea is that if you can't bring it about by "waking up one morning and deciding to be xxx" then it's not a choice.
This is plainly untrue. Many situations take a series of bad choices to bring about, and a corresponding series of good choices to fix. The fact that you can't simply decide get into a given situation instantly or decide to get out of it instantly doesn't mean that it's not a choice.
- josephcsible 3y agoIndeed. A lot of people lately have been trying to erase the line between "things that were foreseeable consequences of your choices" and "things that you had no control over".
- beardyw 3y agoThat and everyone has a right to decide what rights they have.