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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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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Sep 2017

    Ultimately, I just want people to be kind to each other. I don't think I'm naive & idealistic about this. It's the essence of humanism.

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      1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Sep 2017

        The thing I like least about my own species is its capacity for cruelty, physically & verbally. But we are capable of great kindness too.

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      2. Peter Grant‏ @AtheistStoned 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Honesty is more important. Still undecided about humans...

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @AtheistStoned

        I don't think so. It is very important. Also rationality. But kindness is most important. We only matter to each other.

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      4. Peter Grant‏ @AtheistStoned 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Genuine kindness yes, fake kindness can also be used as a weapon to get want you want from others...

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      2. IzzyTheRat‏ @IzzyTheRat1 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Yeah, but how can we *make* people be kind?😉

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      3. Richard Jackson‏ @GerretJax 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @IzzyTheRat1 @HPluckrose

        Less tea, more coffee.

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      4. IzzyTheRat‏ @IzzyTheRat1 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @GerretJax @HPluckrose

        Ooooh, now you're looking for trouble. Hard.😉

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      5. Richard Jackson‏ @GerretJax 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @IzzyTheRat1 @HPluckrose

        Always.😈

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      6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @GerretJax @IzzyTheRat1

        Nope, you're a lost cause. I can't even get upset abt it any more. But your name is in my book for when I rule the world. #Gulag

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      7. Richard Jackson‏ @GerretJax 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose @IzzyTheRat1

        Don't make me #AmplifyHelen

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      1. Sonja Kodric‏ @sonjaKR 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Even your kindness is grounded in a powerful idea. A rose picked 🌹 for you, Ms.P.

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      2. Vekica‏ @Vekica 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Lovely sentiment-but we didn't get to 7.5b ppl & dominate globe by being altruistic. Can't deny the cruel super-predator part of our natures

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      3. Vekica‏ @Vekica 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Vekica @HPluckrose

        Hume was right abt limits 2 reason. 'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger'

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      4. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Vekica @HPluckrose

        Great quote, but Kant would disagree, since he saw morality as grounded in reason.

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      5. Vekica‏ @Vekica 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @EnlightFundy @HPluckrose

        Kant overplayed the rationality card. I'm w Hume on that one: reason plays a supplementary role i.e. 'Reason is...the slave of the passions'

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      6. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Vekica @HPluckrose

        Maybe. And of course it's the slave - he was trying to emancipate it. >

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      7. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @EnlightFundy @Vekica @HPluckrose

        "How is morality not based on reason something other than personal preference?" I don't have an answer to that.

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      8. Vekica‏ @Vekica 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @EnlightFundy @HPluckrose

        It's not, really. Kant was always looking for absolutes - but when it comes to human actions, there are none.

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      9. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Vekica @HPluckrose

        In that case, "Why sir, when he leaves our houses, let us count our spoons." -- Hume. 😉

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      1. Suzy Lebovitz‏ @suzylebo 12 Sep 2017
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        It's the essence of a civil society that truly seeks advancement

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