@PhilosophyExp Liberal hatred is more moral than Republican hatred. Or something.
So how does that work in moral terms? Utilitarian? Kantian? Vindictivian? Not clear... #ethics
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@PaulaSKirby Indeed. I'm pleased Obama won, of course, but... I don't know, there's some unedifying about displays of naked schadenfreude. -
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@PhilosophyExp@PaulaSKirby "Schadenfreude" should have been the name of a German philosopher ... not necessarily one who looks good naked. -
@Metamagician@PaulaSKirby Have any German philosophers ever looked good naked? Hegel - definitely not. Kant - nope! ;) -
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician Can't help you with that, Jeremy. Haven't done the research ;-)
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@PhilosophyExp liberals love and appreciate irony -
@JakCharlton Yeah, I'm sure the Romans loved feeding Christians to the lions... So utilitarian? -
@PhilosophyExp it provides a release valve for a lot of pent up fears, watching the grandiose and self appointed elite fall is always good
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@PhilosophyExp Justice as doing good to friends and harm to enemies? -
@Anderson_Stuart Except it's taking pleasure & finding entertainment in the distress of enemies... which I'd say was morally problematic. -
@PhilosophyExp agreed. But is it a question of taking too much or little? Also not sure political opponent should = enemy is that the issue?
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@PhilosophyExp - tribal, we all know it -
@timothygmd Sure, that's the explanation, but what's the ethical justification? If there is no justification, why so brazen, etc? -
@PhilosophyExp - the cake is deep and ethical justifications are a thin post hoc frosting.
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@philosophyexp Tribalism. -
@keithfrankish Tribalism isn't a moral justification, it's an explanation... -
@philosophyexp Sure, though I'm not sure everyone is clear about that. Political debate manages to be both very tribal and very moralistic.
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@PhilosophyExp It's called spiking the ball and it's only cool when high flying athletic people are doing it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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