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“It’s old” is really not sufficient justification for “we know better now”. That kind of thinking led to some very dark places in the late 19th and early 20th

“It’s old” is really not sufficient justification for “we know better now”. That kind of thinking led to some very dark places in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

sokoloff 2y ago
Neither is tradition a reason that it should be elevated above current thinking. As an idea, it has the same starting point, not a privileged one, IMO.
- binary132 2y ago
  If that’s true, GP should justify it on its merits instead of on “actually that’s really old”.
  - sokoloff 2y ago
    They probably should have done that by saying something like "its relevance has long since been superseded by modern ethical guidelines."