@jenphalian @LionessElise thanks! twitter has taught me a lot about economy of expression to the point of incomprehensibility
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Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime@LionessElise I tend to forget the precise meaning of Utilitarianism (I prefer utilikilts) and I haven't read the LeGuin2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jenphalian@LionessElise you should read the Le Guin, it's just a short story so no big investment and it's terribly influential2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime@jenphalian I agree, and would be interested to hear your thoughts on it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @LionessElise
@LionessElise@jenphalian welp my basic thoughts are that it's a solid reduction to absurdity argument against utilitarianism and pretty…1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@LionessElise@jenphalian …well demonstrates that a statistical outcomes approach to ethics needs at the very least some complexity and…1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@LionessElise@jenphalian …nuance to be other than a thoroughly rotten foundation.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@LionessElise@jenphalian on the more general social critique level i gotta respond to the bizarre misreading (by my lights anyway) of it…1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@LionessElise@jenphalian …where it's a feel-good piece for twee liberals because we all fantasize that *we* would have such moral fiber…1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@LionessElise@jenphalian …as to be one of the ones who walks away. which posits Le Guin as a moral coward where she's the exact opposite.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@LionessElise @jenphalian the point is that society isn't founded on and maintained by the abject suffering of one child, it's founded on…
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Replying to @chaosprime
@LionessElise@jenphalian …and maintained by the abject suffering of MILLIONS of children, and adults, and NONE OF US FUCKING WALK AWAY.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@LionessElise@jenphalian and maybe we don't like that and maybe we work to alleviate and change that but in the meantime every one of us…1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes - 1 more reply
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