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Behaviorist's avatar

Short answer is yes. If you commit injustice you lose your moral integrity

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Peter Boghossian's avatar

That was more or less Socrates’ argument, too

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Behaviorist's avatar

What can I say, great minds think alike!

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Andrew Heard's avatar

My general view is that it's probably better for you to be on the receiving end. However, morally speaking it's possible that the person doing it believes it's a good thing and makes them moral. If you are doing things for the right reasons, you might be better off committing terrible acts.

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Peter Boghossian's avatar

That’s why it is vital that one’s epistemology precedes everything—esp one’s morality.

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Andrew Heard's avatar

In theory, yes. However it’s not really clear how well that works out. I have a friend who I was in middle school with who I disagree with on the lockdowns and other mandates. We went to the same school growing up and got the same education. But we don’t have the same conclusions on fundamental things.

They’re not woke but it’s not necessarily leading to the other similarities.

Similarly, I’ve had conversations with woke people who were against lockdowns and mandates. As well as non-woke people who are for the mandates.

Having a fundamental epistemology doesn’t necessarily lead to similar results.

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