Re: BluffThis and Chezlaw\'s Weird Philosophical Contortions
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2) If we are being forced to make these decisions, there could be a time when we have to pick something we are morally/philosophically opposed to. You can't force BluffThis and Chezlaw to pick something and then yell at them for making a contortion. You asked them to contort!
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No, but if they use flawed or demonstratively absurd reasoning, then you can yell at them. Or at least point out that something is wrong or inconsistent in the way they make tough decisions. Enter Sklansky.
And so many decisions are contortions. The stem cell debate has moral and philosophical objections no matter what side you choose. If you can't get to a position with some modicum of consistency (or worse, if you claim consistency and logical supremacy for arbitrary and inconsistent positions, a la BluffTHIS!), then you should be exposed.
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