Well, I'm not exactly sure what would be at the bottom of that slippery slope, so I'm not even sure whether would one want to avoid it. I think making assumptions about individuals tends to be uninteresting, irrelevant, and/or counterproductive; beyond that, though, is the disagreement only over what we are able to accept (and I'm not sure I even understand exactly what you mean by that)? Certainly I think there is a normative ethical imperative not to be a jerk and to work for justice; someone who is implicitly supporting the status quo is part of the problem.
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Date: 2008-06-25 06:34 pm (UTC)