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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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @ChooseIntact and
...no. We don't say murder is wrong because its a custom & lots of people think its bad. We say it's wrong because it kills people and we have principles around harm and human rights... There is an argument against it. You don't have one for MGM yet.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @ChooseIntact and
When you say 'we have principles...' - those are manifested in laws.
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @ChooseIntact and
Some are, some aren't! If all of your principles are manifested in current laws, ok, but you still need to argue for them ethically in a discussion about the ethics of MGM. Just pointing out the law isn't an ethical argument.
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I'd also legalised certain drugs & prostitution & the right to die with dignity and improve freedom of speech laws.
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