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This whole article just feels like analysis paralysis. Maybe it's me, but I don't think being a good person really requires that much thought.
by jimt1234 2y ago
This whole article just feels like analysis paralysis. Maybe it's me, but I don't think being a good person really requires that much thought.
- bezier-curve 2y agoThis was my impression as well, not sure who the article is for but it's not me, I don't like feeling patronized.
- nimish 2y agoAbsolutely correct
- sandspar 2y agoCynically, the more you think about being a good person, the more superior you can feel to others who don't think about it as much. This interpretation fits with explanations for Trump's win, that intellectuals like Vox readers have become detached from common concerns and also smug.
- x-complexity 2y ago> Maybe it's me, but I don't think being a good person really requires that much thought. It doesn't, but some especially sadistic people want to make it so, and similarly chastise & ostracize you for not following their diktats to ( (the letter XOR the spirit) AND (the letter XNOR the spirit) ).
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoWhen you've read up on some philosophy, it can get very complicated, see e.g. the trolley problem.