Sometimes definitions can be omitted, but usually for some reason, perhaps to see where the discussion might go with freely varying understandings. — tim wood
Other than by their standard meanings, you mean, yes? Yes. It would seem as if anyone with a new idea has to invent, adopt, or co-opt language. It becomes a subject of complaint; it ought to be part of the package that we admire, even as we try to understand it. — tim wood
I disagree. — tim wood
Further confusing/adding difficulty to these online discussions is intellectually dishonest definitions, meant to purposely skew the available responses. — DingoJones
I think the burden should not be on the OP so much as the people responding. You should clarify what someone means before trying to counter-argue or engage with them. — DingoJones
I suppose its the responsibility for all parties, but I observe that people are more careful in their OP than people are to respond to them. — DingoJones
They care less about what the person is trying to say and much more about picking out things they can use to bolster thier own pre-existing position or (one that particularly annoys me) to use what they can in the OP to twist the intended topic to one of thier own pet opinions. — DingoJones
What do you mean by “art of morality”? — DingoJones
It doesnt seem odd to me for people to make attempts to come up with ways of thinking about morality or moral structures. — DingoJones
Im not sure any morality isnt intended to be idealized. Aren’t morals always intended as ideal? — DingoJones
Consistency is One of the traits from which we get an objective moral standard. — DingoJones
I guess it depends on what you mean by idealised...to me that seems like an unnecessary layer you are adding there... — DingoJones
Ah, I see. Yea, like any set of rules. — DingoJones
I dont think we take rules to be “true”, I think we agree to follow them or not. They are a tool. — DingoJones
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