@SamHarrisOrg Of course, the unprincipled utilitarian view.
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@SamHarrisOrg You know as well as I do that utilitarianism is compromising (weighing bad cons. against good) on flimsy (unprincpld) grounds. -
@protoAmerican Deontology is covert utilitarianism. Principles are deemed "good" because they generally have good effects. -
@SamHarrisOrg I don't agree and I think you're well versed in the "duty" conflicts that arise between the two systems. Nice convo, thanks. - 1 more reply
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@SamHarrisOrg Really?@tomfriedman making sense? you've read this?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barton-kunstler-phd/the-vaudeville-rhetoric-o_b_3430179.html … I think your bias is showing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg I can't believe you're actually supporting@tomfriedman right now.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg: .@tomfriedman making sense on the NSA issue: http://nyti.ms/13CPWwL ” very good point about this issue.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg We have become too cowed by the specter of terror. This is no way for Americans to behave.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@tomfriedman the top comments make more sense, giving up freedoms to save freedom, a response out of proportion to the threatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg If the NSA can't even keep a lid on their own secrets, how are we supposed to trust them with our most personal information?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@tomfriedman should we really have a system in place no safeguard but the morality of the man behind the desk?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@tomfriedman even if no known abuse now, what about the potential for vast, unaccountable future abuse?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg: .@tomfriedman making sense on the NSA issue: http://nyti.ms/13CPWwL ”@joeroganThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@tomfriedman Any political philosophy responding to this issue fails when populous remains easily manipulated.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@tomfriedman why isn't the PATRIOT Act the center of the NSA debate?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@tomfriedman So we should just accept this super secret security apparatus is for our own good ... on faith?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg consider reading philosophy of assange on this. Giving more power(=info) to the already powerful is badThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg remember the Atlantic article u tweeted? Friedman's fear will b realized. We will also have paved the way for a police state.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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