The idea that the severity of a crime, or the culpability of an offender, are determined solely by the victim's experience is nonsense.
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@PhilosophyExp@Humanisticus I take "bad" to mean, roughly, "having such inherent properties as tend to militate against our desires".
@Metamagician @Humanisticus I could live with that, though I guess I'd want a discussion about how the word "tend" is functioning!
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@PhilosophyExp@Humanisticus Sure - needed something that fitted into 140 characters. But it captures some of the genuine fuzziness. -
@Metamagician@Humanisticus I think this is complicated - I guess I worry the focus on desires could lead into relativism. So FGM, eg? -
@PhilosophyExp@Humanisticus If the desire to mutilate goes all the way down. Obv.gets complicated - but that's moral discussion for you!
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@PhilosophyExp@Humanisticus I think the main fuzziness, tho', is the "our" bit, since there is often no "we" who all have the same desires.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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