@SamHarrisOrg, you made very compelling arguments on @joerogan's podcast & elsehwere, and I agree w/many of your (cont'd) @RyanRSiemers
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...points. But you've shown no evidence to support your contention that
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...had good or even non-negative intentions when causing so many deaths. Where's the evidence?
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PS Nothing I said should be misconstrued as sympathy for ISIS or a denial of their evil intentions.
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Chomsky's entire argument boils down to: "Hitler believed he was doing the right thing" Breathtaking relativism.
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@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers but as u often pt out: horror of religion is that perps of atrocity sincerely believe their intentions r good. -
@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers Chomsky had a strong pt that "good" intentions are relative & subjective and thus largely irrelevant to outcome. -
@goosegill@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers "good intentions" are not subjective though. Can we not say ISIS's intentions are objectively bad? -
@born_a_joneser@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers they likely perceive their own "collateral damage" as a worthwhile cost for their utopia. -
@goosegill@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers just because they think they have good intentions doesn't mean those intentions are in fact good -
@born_a_joneser@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers likewise for USFP -
@goosegill@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers exactly, but intentions matter still. It is just a matter of determining what the true intentions are -
@born_a_joneser@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers what it comes down to is that SH too easily excuses USFP, because of his pet cause (religion). - 10 more replies
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@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers Intentions do matter but they are not ALWAYS the most rational on deciding what is moral. ie. Utilitarianism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers IMO very likely Clinton was wagging the dog: Confessed to Lewinsky affair 8/17/98, bombed factory 8/20/98.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers To whom? Have people in Khartoum had their say? Their shadowy absence makes up a pattern of hegemonic intention.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@RyanRSiemers In some ordinary instances, actual intensions are easily decipherable, not in the case of politicians' rhetoric.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg if intention is the sticking point it is most always best to push it public, yes?@RyanRSiemersThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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