4 ms·
Not a "true Scottsman" fallacy at all. Organized group brutality appears when the individual becomes less important. If this is because of social ideology, or
by jqm 12y ago
Not a "true Scottsman" fallacy at all.
Organized group brutality appears when the individual becomes less important. If this is because of social ideology, or because of a religion that is in fact a social ideology, the effects are the same.
When these are discarded, the value of the individual re-appears.
- danbruc 12y agoBrutality, force, and violence don't simply appear, they are the bedrock of our society. Without force and without the willingness to make use of it, you are doomed. You can make up nice rules and pretty rights but some people will just ignore them. And there is nothing you can do about that besides forcing them to obey or jail them or kill them. So at first you become very powerful and then you make up nice and less violent rules and you enforce them with your power. The hard part is just using your power in a responsible way.
- jqm 12y agoI would say there is a marked difference between justice and brutality. I realize this line has become very blurred in our world, but there is a difference.
- tptacek 12y agoNo, not a "true Scotsman" fallacy. The opposite fallacy: everyone is a Scotsman.
- jqm 12y agoNot everyone. Just those who wear kilts and play bagpipes and come from Scotland. Even if one has red hair and one has black hair.