People are inspired by ideas, Paul. That's why it's important to critique ideas. Or we can just give up discussing ethics altogether.
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Of course it does but ideas are not insignificant.https://twitter.com/hpluckrose/status/875700721953406976 …
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If you accept that ppl can be influenced by dominant ideas like nationalism & populism you must see that they can be by religious ideas
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Our collective hardwiring & our individual traits can't be changed much tho we can mitigate their negative effects by self-reflection.
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What we can & must keep doing is working on ideas. Countering those which threaten human rights, equality & freedom. Don't you agree?
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Much evidence that violent extremists are literal & moralistic people. Concrete, logical thinkers with bad premise.Need to challenge premise
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Whilst others see religion vaguely & adapt it to their own benign nature.
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