• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    Back in the day, philosophers would stand in the public square and debate any one as an equal.

    Today, ‘philosophers’ hide behind specialized lingo only they understand.

    And don’t say I could look it up. Einstein said that if a scientist couldn’t explain what he was doing to a five year old the scientist was a fraud.

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      Okay, five-year-old:

      Doing good is important. Sometimes, you want do do a lot of good but feel like you can only do a little good. That’s okay! Do what you can.

      Sometimes you may think it’s okay to be naughty, because you know other kids who are very naughty all the time. But it’s still not okay to be naughty, even a little bit.

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        1 day ago

        My father is going to beat up my mom if he finds out that she took his drug money to buy food.

        Are you saying I shouldn’t lie? That it’s more important to tell the truth than to protect my mom from a beating?

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          False dichotomy, those aren’t your only choices.

          Further, lying isn’t automatically wrong. Deceiving or otherwise inhibiting a hostile, evil entity is virtuous.

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              23 hours ago

              Your point remains unmade. If it was a defense of moral relativism, the arguments don’t support the conclusion. If it was something else, I’ve no idea what you’re trying to say.

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                23 hours ago

                Of course you don’t understand because I’m not using your approved lingo.

                I had a good laugh watching you go from trying to use plain language, and then jumping to ‘moral relativism.’

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                    21 hours ago

                    Laughing harder now.

                    You are unable to articulate your position without resorting to lingo, then try to cover up with a lame joke.

                    You’ve proven my point twice. First that ‘the lesser evil’ is a valid option and then when you showed you were dependent on lingo to make your points.

                    Let me know what part of that you fail to understand.