@libertybookmeet Thing is, "if they can afford it" could mean anything. How much sacrifice is morally mandatory? ...
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@libertybookmeet ... Peter Singer is the consistent maximalist case, a coherent utilitarian and thus (I'll hope you agree) insane. ...
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@libertybookmeet ... So if expansion of the circle of moral concern leads to madness, how about lucidly contracting it? ...
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@libertybookmeet ... That's where our disagreement comes in. I'd say: contract sphere of sacrificial moral obligation towards its limits. ..
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@libertybookmeet ... Sure, be civil to strangers, but dilating the sense of serious obligation leads to a war against Gnon. ...
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@libertybookmeet ... People will screw up on a massive scale, that's inevitable, will you sacrifice real friends / close relatives to that?
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@libertybookmeet ... I'm allergic to universalization, but personally -- no way. Of course, I don't expect (at all) the reciprocal.
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@libertybookmeet ... The more people stew in their own screw-ups, the more a society is doing the right thing, as far as I'm concerned. ...
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@libertybookmeet ... Collectivists can -- and will -- of course make other choices. I'm going to try and stay out of their way.
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