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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by sean samis
Please forgive me if I combine comments on your two latest replies to Irfan, and myself. I think you answered your own question (to Irfan); participating in the perpetuation of unjust social conditions is acting unjustly. Such acts make one an accompli…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by mlyoung57
In reply to sean samis. Thanks, Sean. I feel badly about being too abstract and not filling-in enough relevant context. Maybe this led to some miscommunications. (a) I agree that something is wrong morally with one if one does not react to injustice (w…
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At first I was thinking Faye fell asleep while checking her phone the night before, but now I have decided Bubbles has an inductive charging plate on her ass
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by sean samis
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Irfan; My only other comment is that I simply reject the Kantian view as you present it. In my opinion, there are no “imperfect” obligations. There also are no perfect persons, including me. The distinction between “imperfect…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by sean samis
Your second and third paragraphs feel like convenient rationalizations. Failing to even react to injustice is especially inexplicable. A citizen of some state might fear to do anything about minority oppression, but that would point to an additional pr…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by mlyoung57
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. That is an extremely helpful response, Irfan. There are some deep differences at the “framing” level between us and this helps me see, at least a little better, what they are (and what my own commitments are, wher…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by sean samis
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
The first thing I’d say is that one of the best contributions to this topic is Roderick’s paper, “On Making Small Contributions to Evil.” It’s online, but for some reason I can’t seem to access it, and can’t se…
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