(about snakes) would leave snakes with no rights (animal welfare). Which is wrong, thus so it initial argument
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I'm going to concede all this. I think my point stands but I'm misreading the context.
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In fairness, I realised that this isn't a big deal here.
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Absolutely, you did. It was the different perceptions of emotion & reason that interested me
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You'd never say 'Stop doing X unjust thing to women. We all have women we love!' I would say that re: men. BUT
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We have the same recognition of the problem with making emotional bonds the driver for ethics.
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Sorry, the *justification* for ethics. Difference is whether we assume someone is doing that if they mention emotional bonds.
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And that comes down to what we ourselves would mean if we said such a thing. I find this very interesting. Not
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Not a case of 'why confuse them.' It takes conscious effort to separate emotion from reason & don't always have to.
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Maybe I have a natural inclination to do that. I should remember that others may not.
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Ah! Yes! This. I just said this (in a three part tweet with extraneous waffle.)
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I think that tweet, particularly the brackets, should go in your eulogy in some far distant future....
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Oi! I was being self-deprecating! You are required to demur politely, not agree with me!
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:D Ooops, sorry.... ;)
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