RE: Does the positive side of tribalism/racism outshine the negative side?
August 11, 2020 at 6:44 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2020 at 6:45 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
In this regard there doesn't seem to be a difference between today and ancient history. We routinely decide that an instrumental good outweighs a moral evil. I'm wondering aloud about precisely that with Tack in two threads. There's nothing particularly new or radical about it - but it's not an artifact relegated to museums, either. It's only a question of how much we want the real or perceived deliverable, and what arguments or rationalizations we'll find compelling or serviceable to that end.
If I understand you correctly, you're insisting that we shouldn't do that, or should approach it with more caution than we do, at the least. I think there's definitely an argument to be made there, and we won;t be hard pressed to find cautionary examples.
If I understand you correctly, you're insisting that we shouldn't do that, or should approach it with more caution than we do, at the least. I think there's definitely an argument to be made there, and we won;t be hard pressed to find cautionary examples.
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