jasory

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  But that’s not socialism, is it?

  Also you can try to argue that some methods of welfare distribution are inefficient, but you can’t argue that the needs are being ignored.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  But did Jesus proscribe government welfare programs? It seems to be that the basis for “Jesus was a socialist”, is based on his teachings on charity. But this can be done by personal charity, and infact those are the examples he gave. Nowhere in the Bible does it say “you should vote for needs-based welfare programs”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The obvious response to this is “companions in guilt”. It’s a meta ethics argument that essentially points out that moral reasoning is no different than other types of reasoning. There is no need for “genetic memory”, when like logic it’s simply a consequence of how human minds are structured.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does good faith matter ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Bad faith argumentation has nothing to do with honestly presenting your views. I can defend positions I don’t actually hold just fine, an argument doesn’t gain any special properties depending on who makes it. I could even claim that I held these beliefs and it would have no effect. Rather, bad faith argumentation has to do with how you engage with your opponents arguments, not your own. An example of bad faith would be if your opponent said that they liked Germany, and you then spun it into portraying them as a Nazi.