That would be illiberal. Ppl calling themselves liberal but not applying this principle to their own values seem very confused to me.
I think our individuality is part of us. So is our group ties & our shared humanity.
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Which I would refer to personhood, but not as individuality. Individuality assumes something that is indivisible, separate.
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Semantic differences then.
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Not really, if you're a liberal individualist, you view liberty as non-intervention while a personalist might agree with interventions.
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We have a semantic difference in that we're talking abt same thing using different words. Let's not argue definitions.
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I think semantics are very important, because it is the cause of miscommunication.
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Yes, but these are cleared up by establishing what the other person means and going from there.
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Not by insisting on reading the other person's meaning as your own even when theyve said no
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That is akin to conceptual relativism, it stifles rather than promotes dialectical debate. It is a good start to ask why we think different.
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