From that, then, did the Nazis do anything at all immoral? — tim wood
So facial recognition is important in the way we interact...the inability to easily recognise someone, or get a gestalt from looking at them, I think can lead to people feeling alienated, and disconnected from society..it can lead to paranoia, fear, and then hatred..
This I think is one of the reasons for why racist behaviour arises in society; not the only reason, but an important one. — wax
Only in your opinion? There's no accounting for opinions. The question was, did they or didn't they. What say you? — tim wood
because as many scientist have stated, it's (racism) a social construct. — Anaxagoras
But that is a weak argument concerning the existence of racism however, because as many scientist have stated, it's (racism) a social construct. — Anaxagoras
There are no moral/ethical truths with respect to particular stances.... Opinions in this sense can't be correct or incorrect. — Terrapin Station
You keep conflating these two things when you talk about ethics, I don't know if it's just shorthand, or if you actually mean it, but on the face of it, there clearly are ethical truths. It is "true" that most people abhor extreme violence toward innocent children. — Isaac
It appears you are unable to answer the question. Please give it another try. Lest we be persuaded that Terrapin has so cross-threaded his thinking that he is unable to identify any action of the Nazis as immoral, by implication saying that all Nazi actions were moral, or some or all neither moral nor immoral. But none immoral. — tim wood
Alas, you are terribly confused. I'll approach this way: Is 2+2=4 true? Or is it merely the report of some people who apparently feel that it is true? This rock over here: is it a rock, or simply a matter of some people feeling that it's a rock?
Is morality representative of anything beyond what some people opine of it? — tim wood
Ultimately a tool for murderers who wish to engage in wholesale murder (do you think this is an exaggeration?). — tim wood
Try this. My ancestors were smart enough to move to the region I now live in - and I am smart enough to choose to be here. For by far most folks, not so. That means I and mine are way smarter than everyone else except my immediate neighbors. Agreed? — tim wood
But to be meaningful some care is needed in how things are approached and handled. — tim wood
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