It probably makes more sense in context, but the context is an entire book of Christian apologetics (sequel to a book on early 20th century philosophy called “Heretics”) so I doubt you have time for that right now.
I guess what I really meant was “regardless of how convincing it is to people other than me”. By definition if I found something convincing it would change my mind, but in the hypothetical example it’s more of a difference in values rather than facts.
I too think it makes the most sense to care about groups only as collections of individuals, but reasonable people could think the reverse is true.
It probably makes more sense in context, but the context is an entire book of Christian apologetics (sequel to a book on early 20th century philosophy called “Heretics”) so I doubt you have time for that right now.
Honestly, I wish people said something like this more often.
I guess what I really meant was “regardless of how convincing it is to people other than me”. By definition if I found something convincing it would change my mind, but in the hypothetical example it’s more of a difference in values rather than facts.
This feels like it’s teetering at the brink of a big moral-uncertainty rabbit hole, and I didn’t read that book yet, so I propose leaving this here for now. ☺
It probably makes more sense in context, but the context is an entire book of Christian apologetics (sequel to a book on early 20th century philosophy called “Heretics”) so I doubt you have time for that right now.
I guess what I really meant was “regardless of how convincing it is to people other than me”. By definition if I found something convincing it would change my mind, but in the hypothetical example it’s more of a difference in values rather than facts.
I too think it makes the most sense to care about groups only as collections of individuals, but reasonable people could think the reverse is true.
Honestly, I wish people said something like this more often.
This feels like it’s teetering at the brink of a big moral-uncertainty rabbit hole, and I didn’t read that book yet, so I propose leaving this here for now. ☺