It feels like in the past, more considerateness might have led to less hard discussions about AI or even animal welfare.
I think factory farmed animals is the better example here. It can be pretty hurtful to tell someone you think a core facet of their life (meat eating) has been a horrendous moral error, just as was slavery or genocide. It seems we all feel fine putting aside the considerateness consideration when the stakes are high enough.
It seems to me that being considerate of others is still valuable even (especially!) if you’re trying to convince them that they’re making a horrendous moral error. Almost all attempts to change someone’s mind in this way don’t work, and failed attempts often contribute to memetic immunity. History is full of disagreeable-but-morally-correct people being tragically unpersuasive.
I think factory farmed animals is the better example here. It can be pretty hurtful to tell someone you think a core facet of their life (meat eating) has been a horrendous moral error, just as was slavery or genocide. It seems we all feel fine putting aside the considerateness consideration when the stakes are high enough.
It seems to me that being considerate of others is still valuable even (especially!) if you’re trying to convince them that they’re making a horrendous moral error. Almost all attempts to change someone’s mind in this way don’t work, and failed attempts often contribute to memetic immunity. History is full of disagreeable-but-morally-correct people being tragically unpersuasive.