Philosophy inclines us toward treating whether a person's conclusion is true as what matters, but I think here the more important question is whether the column was perpetuating ableism, and that seems like a clear yes https://t.co/awNetqGLh6
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Replying to @christapeterso
i'm not a philosopher but if i were "The Ethicist," i think i would just tell people that sometimes relationship decisions are fundamentally self-serving and we can forgive a bit of personal weakness in ourselves without labeling our decisions as "Ethical." or something.
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Replying to @SaddestRobots @christapeterso
like, you clearly can't *make* someone sign up for a relationship they don't want. seems absurd to rubber-stamp their reasons for bailing as good and pure according to some grand moral calculus, tho.
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Replying to @SaddestRobots @christapeterso
I broadly agree with this sentiment but surely part of being "The Ethicist" (or, say, The Therapist) is giving people permission to not stew in guilt over a decision they were going to make anyway if that guilt serves no useful purpose
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I mean, I say from personal experience that you *can* in fact pressure people into doing something they really don't want to do, using guilt as a lever, temporarily And it's almost always worse for everyone in the end if you do that than if you hadn't
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