ST Alpha - "Sure, but the "it happened to me and I turned out OK" argument is flawed." (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 162

In response to "that's not really what's he's saying. -- nm" by znufrii

Sure, but the "it happened to me and I turned out OK" argument is flawed.

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Sep 11 '13, 10:23

I assume anyone who uses it is not 100% OK.

Responses:

this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 10:44
I am very conscious that you can’t condemn people of an earlier era by the standards of ours -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:29 10
- But neither can you say that people from an earlier era get a free pass because what they did then was considered normal. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 10:37 9
  - that depends on the timescale too the longer ago the easier it is to get a free pass - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:40 8
    - It was only "normal" because the emperors made it normal. There are lots of Roman stories that told about how killing other family members was wrong. - Roger More Sep 11, 10:48 5
      - is anyone arguing it was not wrong? - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:52 4
        
        It's not exempt from them, but neither is it determined only by those things. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 10:59 3
        
        if morality is not except from time how does it change? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 11:02 2
        
        I'm saying there's an in-between area. You can't condemn them by our standards, but neither can you give them a free pass. Neither way works. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 11:16 1
        
        i doubt anyone has argues that you should give them a free pass Dawkins did'nt for sure - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 11:22
    - this isn't Roman times we're taking about, this is in our lifetimes. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 10:47 1
      - he did also not say "it happened to me and I turned out OK" so i guess from now on we're just discussing on your own premise and discarding the real c - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 11, 10:50
no disagreement there. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:25

Post a message top

Sure, but the "it happened to me and I turned out OK" argument is flawed.

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.