I think if you are going to make an argument that the law is wrong, and that there is a higher ethical principle that should override the law, then you ought to make it
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @HPluckrose and
What do you think we’ve been doing? Re: harm, ethics, …
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Replying to @ChooseIntact @HPluckrose and
Ok, well, from what I have heard, it doesn't seem to be very compelling
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Replying to @Oirish_M @JamesHeartfield and
I'm out. 'Because its custom and because it's legal' is a unthinking conservative justification. You can't argue with it unless an ethical justification is given.
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Replying to @Oirish_M @JamesHeartfield and
Let me test a hypothesis. The wrong side of history.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @ChooseIntact and
Yes, murder is illegal, too. But I am not convinved that this is a bad injunction, just because most people hold to it. I suppose you would call the bar on murder conservative and unthinking.
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Which is why we need ethical arguments rather than pointing out popular opinion or current laws.
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