▲ 480 ▼ Harm Reduction Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 2 years ago by ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone 211 comments fedilink hide all child comments There are no ethical choices under first-past-the-post voting. We must instead make a decision that reduces the most harm.
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) So Market Socialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Social democracy. Trying to tell me what I believe with an arbitrary system of rigid definitions is both ineffective and easily refuted argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm aware of what you believe, I am also aware of what the systems that describe your beliefs are referred to by everyone else. I am not telling you what you believe, but what the label is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 1 point 2 years ago I recommend a descriptive approach to definitions as opposed to a prescriptive approach. I think that would resolve a lot of the discourse we are having. I have explained what I mean in my argument. Your argument centers on this false idea that definitions can limit what a person thinks and believes. But definitions are only as useful as they help us communicate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Social democracy. Trying to tell me what I believe with an arbitrary system of rigid definitions is both ineffective and easily refuted argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm aware of what you believe, I am also aware of what the systems that describe your beliefs are referred to by everyone else. I am not telling you what you believe, but what the label is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 1 point 2 years ago I recommend a descriptive approach to definitions as opposed to a prescriptive approach. I think that would resolve a lot of the discourse we are having. I have explained what I mean in my argument. Your argument centers on this false idea that definitions can limit what a person thinks and believes. But definitions are only as useful as they help us communicate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm aware of what you believe, I am also aware of what the systems that describe your beliefs are referred to by everyone else. I am not telling you what you believe, but what the label is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 1 point 2 years ago I recommend a descriptive approach to definitions as opposed to a prescriptive approach. I think that would resolve a lot of the discourse we are having. I have explained what I mean in my argument. Your argument centers on this false idea that definitions can limit what a person thinks and believes. But definitions are only as useful as they help us communicate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 1 point 2 years ago I recommend a descriptive approach to definitions as opposed to a prescriptive approach. I think that would resolve a lot of the discourse we are having. I have explained what I mean in my argument. Your argument centers on this false idea that definitions can limit what a person thinks and believes. But definitions are only as useful as they help us communicate. permalink fedilink source parent