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    1. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      7. For Pence, I surmise, human beings are fallen, prone to temptation and sin, in a state of moral degradation.

      5 replies 10 retweets 109 likes
    2. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      8. Place a man alone with a woman w no one around, esp if he's in a position of power, & he'll be tempted to be unfaithful to his wife.

      73 replies 10 retweets 72 likes
    3. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      9. Confronted w facts of human nature, there are 2 options: first, faith in God, which is real and powerful, but (given sin) unreliable.

      5 replies 8 retweets 60 likes
    4. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      10. Second option: act to avoid temptation. Don't place yourself in a situation where you'll be tempted to betray your marital vows.

      10 replies 12 retweets 69 likes
    5. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      11. The secular liberal outlook is very different. It is, broadly speaking, Kantian.

      6 replies 5 retweets 53 likes
    6. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      12. Despite obsession w sex, gender, etc., we believe morality involves overcoming bodily inclination/desires, which everyone is free to do.

      3 replies 8 retweets 65 likes
    7. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      13. So there's no reason not to immerse ourselves in sexualized culture, have (married) men & women work tog in all settings (din w alcohol)

      11 replies 6 retweets 41 likes
    8. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      14. They might experience temptation, but there are internalized universalizable moral principles like "don't cheat!" to keep them in line.

      4 replies 9 retweets 62 likes
    9. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      15. One morality-abiding, bodily transcending subject should be able to have dinner w another w/o incident. Right?

      4 replies 8 retweets 43 likes
    10. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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      16. This shld be possible, b/c as Kant says, it must be possible to do what ought to be done, follow principle, overcome nat inclination.

      7 replies 6 retweets 54 likes
      Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017

      17. Pence's way of living denies all of this. It denies we're able to restrain ourselves with any reliability.

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        2. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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          18. We need God's help, and we need to keep ourselves away from situations in which we will be tempted to cheat.

          2 replies 10 retweets 55 likes
        3. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
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          19. I could understand if secular liberal Kantians rolled their eyes at Pence. But why the anger about it?

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        2. Daniel Lerch‏ @daniellerch 31 Mar 2017
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          Right. It assumes we inevitably and exclusively see each other as sexual objects -- to which feminism has long cried "bullshit!"

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        3. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 31 Mar 2017
          Replying to @daniellerch

          Not exclusively. Why would you assume that?

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        1. Michael Brown‏ @mdavidbrown 31 Mar 2017
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          I'm not sure it denies our ability to restrain reliably; it says that the cost of failure is so high that steps should be taken at any rate.

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        1. John Wade‏ @jwlwade 31 Mar 2017
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          Pence's way denies our ability to ALWAYS restrain ourselves & labels cost of a single failure as unacceptably high.

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        1. #unityrequiresjustice‏ @gdtrble 31 Mar 2017
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          ....this is how the Taliban thinks. This is how utra-orthodox fundies of all stripes deny full citizen participation to women and girls.

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        1. Larry G‏ @MrStreamline 31 Mar 2017
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          great discussion! In this situation, the cost of being wrong is very high, and affects the moral calculus.

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        1. Jenny‏ @JennyAware 31 Mar 2017
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          Bill Clinton is awesome at restraining himself.

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        1. Adam Reasner‏ @Adamiami 31 Mar 2017
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          It denies we're able to do so consistently. And in case of infidelity, one moral failure has lifelong consequences

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