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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
      Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

      3/ no real agency & scheming Westerners. This is a variant on the noble savage myth. An added problem is that intersectional thinking sees

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    2. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
      Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

      4/ ppl primarily in terms of their group identities, in particular their ethnic/racial identities. This is a way of thinking which does not

      1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
    3. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
      Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

      5/ promote human rights. Individuals have rights; groups do not. Otherwise we are tacitly allowing the stronger members of the group 2 bully

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    4. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
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      6/ the weaker members. Hence, if we believe Muslims as a group hv rights, but not individual Muslims within that grp, we can end up ignoring

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    5. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
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      7/ abuses which happened within our Muslim communities (such as honor killings, underage marriage, homophobia, FGM). This is also, of course

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    6. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
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      8/ a form of racial stereotyping, another thing which erodes the principle that every individual must be judged on a case-by-case basis and

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    7. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
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      9/ must enjoy the same rights & protections, no matter what their sex, skin colour, ethnicity or background. Whether you think they are part

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    8. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
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      10/ of a historically privileged grp or not. I'm an unapologetic champion of the human rights which, thro a series of fortunate accidents 4

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    9. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 27 May 2017
      Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

      11/ which I can take no personal credit, developed in the West but which are the best means of guaranteeing human happiness & there4 the

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    10. Gideon Moss‏ @egonotis 28 May 2017
      Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

      I don't think we have sufficient evidence to make this claim. How do you know human rights r best means of guaranteeing human "happiness"?

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 May 2017
      Replying to @egonotis @IonaItalia

      You think humans can be happier without rights?

      4:25 AM - 28 May 2017
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        2. Gideon Moss‏ @egonotis 28 May 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia

          I don't think focusing on rights is conducive to living a purposeful / meaningful life.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 May 2017
          Replying to @egonotis @IonaItalia

          Only a minority of people make human rights their life's meaning. They just enable people to pick their purpose & meaning.

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        4. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 28 May 2017
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          Most humans find powerlessness a v unpleasant sensation, esp when that powerlessness includes being forced 2 do things that make them

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        5. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 28 May 2017
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          unhappy or stops them from doing things that make them happy. Being subjected 2 misery & having no way of alleviating that misery is not a

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        6. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 28 May 2017
          Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

          gd feeling. This is tautological. So, Dwp and Me, if you *don't* understand why this is, I'm afraid I'm not sure I can explain it to you.

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