• Cowbee@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    See, I can’t agree with anything you say if you believe ends justify all means. It’s pure Utopianism, and therefore can’t be considered meaningful.

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      11 months ago

      I guess I’m not following your thesis then. Can you say, simply, what you believe ethics are. And why democracies are inherently more ethical

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        11 months ago

        Hierarchy without democratic consent and exploitation are both unethical. Simple as.

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          11 months ago

          What about something like the Salem witch trials.

          Everyone agreed they were witches.

          There is no such thing as a witch

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            11 months ago

            Democratic actions aren’t ethical by themselves. If the Salem witch trials were dictatorlially held by 1 dude, is your argument that it is somehow more ethical?

            An action must be democratically accountable and ethical, you need both to actually be ethical.

            Are you legitimately anti-democracy?