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>Tyranny of the majority is a thing. While that may be true, surely philosophically speaking there's a significant, qualitative difference between saying "this
by logicchains 3y ago
>Tyranny of the majority is a thing.
While that may be true, surely philosophically speaking there's a significant, qualitative difference between saying "this is moral because people voted for it" and saying "this is moral because the stupid victims deserved it". Many people would accept the former, accept that prison labour is morally justified, but very few people would accept that it's morally okay for private criminal gangs to kidnap and enslave people.
- jacquesm 3y agoPhilosophically speaking, from the perspective of a victim it's all the same. They don't have the luxury of being able to philosophize about it, they are too busy dealing with the reality of it.