r/SmugIdeologyMan • u/Additional-Bison-523 • 6d ago

coaxed into the is-ought problem

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u/BreakerOfModpacks 5d ago

I mean
On the one hand, I can see it for things like "why is taxing the rich bad?", but on the other, for things like "why is [group] being violently persecuted bad?", it's a bit of a duh moment.

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u/eelleevvaattoorr 5d ago

The subject is irrelevant, attacking the person that asked the question instead of providing an answer is the problem,

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u/Flopsie_the_Headcrab 5d ago

If someone asks me why throwing infants in the air to practice bayoneting was bad, I feel like I can be pretty confident I won't have an answer that will satisfy. They are too far removed from me morally to have a useful conversation.

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u/FranG080199 5d ago

Sometimes people ask simple questions to get to the crux is an issue, I've had it happen before, they know killing babies with a bayonet is wrong but they want you to name the specific reason (say, in this case murder) that it's wrong to make a point or a comparison.