Coming from Rousseau, given the appalling way he treated his friends, women (particularly Therese Levasseur), benefactors, that's a bit bloody rich!https://twitter.com/sarahrutherfor2/status/1008464184365998080 …
Show this thread
-
But the failure of one person (however prominent) is not similar to the failure of most people who subscribe to a moral system.
So, for example, Bertie Russell, who advocated for free love, but was unable to handle the free love of his second wife, Dora. I think that does tell you something about the problems of free love, not as a matter of logical necessity, but even so...
-
-
I agree when that is based on observation of many people (and I agree that there’s such evidence in this case). I disagree that just Russell’s example is informative. Consider two hypothetical examples: 1/
-
A: an anti-child-molesting crusader turns out to be a child molester. B: an anti-homosexuality crusader turns out to be gay. While we may consider both of them hypocrites, I don’t see why their stories would inform our opinions on principles they represent. 2/
- 8 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.