RE: Evolution cannot account for morality
May 29, 2022 at 9:54 am
(This post was last modified: May 29, 2022 at 9:57 am by chiknsld.)
(May 29, 2022 at 9:24 am)Helios Wrote:(May 29, 2022 at 9:04 am)chiknsld Wrote: Yes, Helios that is what I responded to. Echoing what Jehanne said is not exactly an acknowledgement of what I said.1. I'm not echoing anything I'm simply pointing out Jehanne is right as the opinions of a group of random non experts in a forum mean little to the current state of academic discourse. It's unlikely anybody here will be figuring out any novel revelations about life the universe and everything.
No. 2 was rhetorical.
Again, it does not matter if you disagree with someone as long as you acknowledge that you may be wrong and you are exchanging opinions that have at least some sort of value, otherwise it is pointless to have such conversation.
2. Then make it more obviously rhetorical
3. Nope you can believe your opponent's positions are utter garbage but still converse with them for the LOLs or attempt to show them that their opinions are utter garbage so hopefully they adopt some better ones.
Appeal to authority much? So the only people that can prove anything in life are at Harvard I suppose? Did you know that people in academia were at one time just a regular person? They might have even scoured the internet -mind-blowing eh?
I mean, there is not really an opinion that is utter garbage lol. Even someone who espouses the most deplorable opinions are still possibly worth listening to. And I am not talking about some sort of social deviant that is trying to waste your time. I'm talking about someone who has a legitimate reasoning for their opinion and is having a conversation with you. It may be possible that you are wrong even if you disagree and this at the very least makes it worth listening to what they have to say. At a certain point, just as long as both sides are reasonable, some sort of common ground should be possible or at least there should be an appreciation for the conversation itself and for the willingness of both sides to reciprocate an honest, fair, and approachable assessment of each other's ideas.
This may of course be too much to ask of the social deviant though. The persons who have hidden agendas, malicious intentions, etc. Someone with a hidden agenda is not interested in proper discourse.
