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Had to quit reading. I was afraid I was getting more stupid by the paragraph. The author suffers the classic dilemma of
Failing to identify irreducible primaries
Refusing to unwaveringly apply the concepts of right and wrong. Because morals NEVER have a but. If you utter "but" you are talking about feelings, not morals.
The most common form this takes is allowing a wrong against one person in hopes of achieving a "greater good" (the end that will justify your initial evil) later on. Affirmative Action, aka reverse discrimination, aka institutionalized racism - is probably the most easily identified case of this: I am going to intentionally hurt you even though you are morally blameless in order to promote an outcome I FEEL is more important than your rights as an individual.
Speaking of which, what rights are irreducible anyway? Also simple for those with a working logic center. Individual rights are the only rights there are. A group cannot magically acquire rights that its members did not first posses. "Group Rights" is a useful abstraction totalitarians have used for thousands of years to justify immoral behavior.
This article is a wonderful example of the sort of internal conflicts and scrap heap of ideas and ideals our modern education system uses to destroy every student they can reach.
[–] acheron2012 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Had to quit reading. I was afraid I was getting more stupid by the paragraph. The author suffers the classic dilemma of
The most common form this takes is allowing a wrong against one person in hopes of achieving a "greater good" (the end that will justify your initial evil) later on. Affirmative Action, aka reverse discrimination, aka institutionalized racism - is probably the most easily identified case of this: I am going to intentionally hurt you even though you are morally blameless in order to promote an outcome I FEEL is more important than your rights as an individual.
Speaking of which, what rights are irreducible anyway? Also simple for those with a working logic center. Individual rights are the only rights there are. A group cannot magically acquire rights that its members did not first posses. "Group Rights" is a useful abstraction totalitarians have used for thousands of years to justify immoral behavior.
This article is a wonderful example of the sort of internal conflicts and scrap heap of ideas and ideals our modern education system uses to destroy every student they can reach.