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Re: Moving on

Posted by diogenes on 2024-May-5 02:36:11, Sunday
In reply to Re: Moving on posted by monkeyLostInHead on 2024-May-4 08:24:03, Saturday

Not that Pharmakon needs me to defend him. However...

I think in his last post about child lib he did describe what he meant, and I see no reason at all to suppose he was disingenuous.

There is something called the principle of charity, which means roughly that in philosophical conversation we strive to interpret what others say in the most coherent fashion and avoid arguing ad hominem. The point about this is that otherwise we end up merely scoring rhetorical points and failing to actually engage with other points of view. As a result we forgo the opportunity to modify our own views.

Lorna Finlayson is against the principle of charity for some inexplicable reason. I expect that she just prefers the comfort zone of point scoring. And if this seems uncharitable of me, then it only underlines the importance of the principle of charity. If she is right that we should discard the principle of charity, then I am justified in dismissing her views in the way I just have, and concluding that she is wrong. So if she is right, she is wrong. Therefore, she is wrong.

Its incredibly dishonest to appear to support trans ... just so that it may make it easier to have sex with children.

I am sure that Pharmakon supports trans because he believes that in this area, as in other areas such as sexual rights, children should make the choice. His views may be influenced unconsciously by the perception that this might make it easier for society to accept us, but then we are no doubt all unconsciously influenced by self-interest. It does not affect the soundness (or otherwise) of his arguments.

diogenes

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