The vulnerable & damaged *are* worthy of a university education, even if they want to be safe. It's just they can't expect their desire for
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@PhilosophyExp "safety trumping other peoples desire for education" seems to be the problem, so you don't disagree all that much w/ Dawkins
@Gossenphilosoph experience, but that wouldn't mean you weren't *worth* educating, it would just mean it couldn't happen.
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@PhilosophyExp I would agree with that. "Not *suited* for university" would've been the appropriate expression imho. -
@Gossenphilosoph Indeed, "not suited" strips it of the aspect that makes a moral judgement about character. -
@PhilosophyExp Altough in cases of people kicking up so much dust in their quest for "safety" moral judgements might be unavoidable. -
@Gossenphilosoph Oh absolutely. Not disputing Dawkins's general point - just the way it was phrased was too sweeping. -
@PhilosophyExp That's what combining the worlds most abolutist social media platform with....not the most considerate biologist gets you. ;)
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