@SamHarrisOrg Is the "moral landscape" blind to intent and content only with considering the actuarial statistics?
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@Timothy_C_Lee The intent of objects or people? People's intentions are definitely part of the moral landscape. -
@SamHarrisOrg in other words, you can use a lion as a watch dog or comb your hair with a stick of dynamite. Design matters -
@Timothy_C_Lee Design matters insofar as it imposes actual danger. The intentions of the designer alone don't matter (much). -
@SamHarrisOrg I agree Sam, but we cannot pretend intent doesn't normally influence both design and consequence -
@Timothy_C_Lee Unfortunately, the link is not direct. We will probably have safe guns (e.g. "super tasers") before we have safe cars. -
@SamHarrisOrg Point taken, but I can't imagine a heavily armed society landing on a peak of the moral landscape, can you? -
@Timothy_C_Lee I agree. If we were on a peak on the moral landscape, this conversation would be almost unintelligible. - 5 more replies
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@SamHarrisOrg The title of the article is dangerously misleading. Also, in terms of time to intervene, guns are clearly more lethal. -
@MSCarpaccio The data include successful interventions. Death = lack of success.
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@SamHarrisOrg Absolutely. But apples do not justify oranges. -
@Sam_BTT True. But if I was outraged by dangerous apples and sanguine about even more dangerous oranges, you might wonder about me. -
@SamHarrisOrg I'd certainly unsubscribe! I love your work but I disagree with you on guns. Clearly both apples and oranges are a concern. -
@SamHarrisOrg You can be a responsible gun owner. But there's no way of being sure enough that evades the possibility of tragedy#BanAllGuns
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@SamHarrisOrg For better or worse, people judge self-administered risks far less important than externally imposed ones; driving vs alar -
@WolfeKeeper both of these are "self-administered" for adults and "imposed" on children. You don't have own either. -
@SamHarrisOrg People simply don't do apples-apples risk assessments;terrorism is a negligible risk compared to driving or guns apples-apples
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@SamHarrisOrg: The "apples and oranges" objection is a fallacy. It is perfectly valid to compare the relative risks of different behaviors”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg Swimming pools help kids learn a necessary skill. In 2013, this can hardly be said about guns.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg indeed. I have always said that apples and oranges make a perfect pear.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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