Is it wrong to identity someone by their biological sex? — darthbarracuda
If men want to dress like women or men want to dress like women, that's their prerogative, but you can't force me to use pronouns that don't match their biological sex. — Thorongil
It is true, it seems, that the labels we put on things are not what that things "actually is". — darthbarracuda
I think a moral dimension enters when somebody wishes to not be identified by their sex. In that case I think basic respect for the feelings of others requires that we not identify them by their sex except when necessary or when impractical to do otherwise. — andrewk
Artificial Intelligences and aliens can sit there and declare they are humans until hell freezes over. Their beliefs do not make it so. — Bitter Crank
I might like to believe that I am a god, but telling everybody that I am a god isn't going to make it so, just because I believe it. — Bitter Crank
So anyway, the basic argument presented is that if we define natural kinds as a family resemblance of entities with similar features, then it is factually correct to label those with similar feature as belonging to a natural kind. — darthbarracuda
Is it wrong to identity someone by their biological sex? i.e. is it wrong, not only ethically but metaphysically as well, to identify someone as "male" or "female" or "intersex"?...In my opinion, ethics aside, it is not incorrect to identify someone by their sex. The distinction is not arbitrary... — darthbarracuda
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