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> Your moral judgments have no power over anyone but you. This is a statement that closes a discussion. Instead, prefer making statements that open a discussio
by howinteresting 3y ago
> Your moral judgments have no power over anyone but you.
This is a statement that closes a discussion. Instead, prefer making statements that open a discussion. For example, in this case: in which ways can moral judgments be channeled into actual power?
One answer to this question is "the law". The EU has already taken action in this regard.
- meepmorp 3y agoI wasn't even talking about your capacity to force your judgements on others, just that they're morally valueless beyond your own mind. Nice to see where your thinking is at, though.
- howinteresting 3y ago> I wasn't even talking about your capacity to force your judgements on others, just that they're morally valueless beyond your own mind. That, too, is just plainly not true. Moral utterances can and do change people's minds all the time, so by definition they have non-zero value to other people. I've had my mind changed on a lot of things thanks to other people's moral utterances -- haven't you?