To lecture someone on morality is implicitly to assume moral superiority over them. Adults do this to children, but not (unless they are clergy) to other adults.
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Understand this perception, but disagree with the framework. If someone sees a bad thing happening, it may be ethical to call it out, even if the person doing the calling out is "imperfect."
In an edge case like that, you judge by who the speaker is, and how earnest they seem. Which in this instance...
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Agreed, the ad was distastefully disingenuous. I just fear the mindset of "let he who is without sin..." ends up within the context of modern call out culture to lead to more ad hominem as people seek to undermine one another's credibility with character attacks.
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I don't watch TV any longer. May I ask, what's the ad being referenced?
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Words from the heart enter the heart. And that's the best-case scenario (given good intentions and all that). Anything else comes off as tone deaf at best, and insulting at worst.
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I wouldn’t go by earnestness, but I do believe there are moral truths independent of our opinion/experience. Slippery slope but some things are clearly and rationally moral imo.
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It’s all a game of status
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Disagree in part. Judging the ethical argument based on the origins of the person making it is a genetic fallacy. A red herring. That said, we can judge the person & their sincerity based on their origins. Gillette can be both correct and atrocious.
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Precisely my thoughts. Objective analysis of the message not the person or entity transmitting it.
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