When we can usually be fairly sure that ppl have both emotions & ethics.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia
Yes indeed but why confuse the two? Why use emotion in an ethical argument?
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Replying to @BristolBen @IonaItalia
Because we're human! Emotional & rational animals & it all exists together & feeds into each other.
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There are some discourses where emotion isn't appropriate but Twitter isn't one of them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia
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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Replying to @BristolBen @IonaItalia
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @BristolBen
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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