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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Michael Brazier. (Responding to Michael Brazier) I agree with that, except that if it’s true (or since it is), it does in fact have a bearing on MY’s claims: he needs to re-formulate his question so as to observe the distinction…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. (b) The idea of imperfect duties (obligations, requirements) now makes more sense to me. Now he tells me! LikeLiked by 1 person
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to sean samis. (Responding to Sean below): Given my response to MY, I think you can infer that I agree in part, and disagree in part with your comment just above. This paragraph captures both aspects: The “woke” rarely “attack” individuals fo…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to sean samis. I responded to that in the course of responding to Michael Young above. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. That is an extremely helpful response, Irfan. We agree on that. LikeLiked by 1 person
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I half-agree with you on (4), even if it took me three attempts to understand this conditional of yours below. I’ve deleted the parenthetical in the original. (4) The position I was broaching was this: if one’s partici…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. On (3), I guess I would quarrel with your framing. Your question is, do we have the functional equivalent of a perfect duty to condemn unjust institutions that to some degree we participate in? Even apart from whether you agree t…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. Let me start with Michael’s point (2) for now. I guess I don’t see the problem with the Kantian distinction. Your example (Michael) seems clear enough, so I don’t understand why you find it unclear. A perfect du…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Michael Brazier
While it has nothing to do with your thesis, your initial example conflates two cases that really ought to be distinguished, since they call for quite different responses: 1) Given similar situations, members of an ethnic minority are twice as likely t…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to sean samis. There must be some issue with my connection, because for some reason, I can’t open that link. But thanks for pasting it. LikeLike
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