Ooh! My old Early Modern lit prof just liked my essay criticising PoMo forms of feminism on Facebook. Will have to see if she's free for tea
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with me doing as I feel directed: kind of a Star Trek "observe but don't interfere" * directive*!
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This is two separate things, I think. 1)Liberalism - people must be able to believe what they like & live according to it if it harms no-one
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2) We can still criticise what people believe & the epistemic basis for believing it. I call them 'right to choice' & 'rightness of choice'
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And I have a thing coming out on the problem of conflating them in a few days. I use the example of Islamic modesty codes.
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Sounds interesting. I'd like to read

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It's awaiting editing at the moment. I say that we can both support ppl's right to comply with gender-specific modesty codes...
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... and be very critical of the idea of gender-specific modesty codes.
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In same way that we can support a gay man's choice to be celibate coz he thinks gay sex is a sin but not accept idea that gay sex is a sin
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that works well for me because it satisfies my real desire for humanity at peace (means let others do as they will) 3.
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rationality over the risks of flawed human interpretations of religion. Personally I ended up with a "do no harm" personal faith combo 2.
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I struggled with "POMO"activated movements, but recently figured their "vibe" out and am for them. I had to weigh the risks of flawed 1.
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