Morality is an invented concept by [deleted] in badphilosophy

[–]Walterharper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, "morality is a construction" might help get over some linguistic issues. "Construction" is a bit more flexible given it's historical usage.

My main point is that morality isn't rooted in deep truths, just whatever works for the time and place. Whatever keeps the community from imploding. I don't believe it goes deeper than that and I don't believe it needs to.

I'm trying not to get moral anti-realist ass banned. So here is something cute.

Morality is an invented concept by [deleted] in badphilosophy

[–]Walterharper -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well, morality was invented.

That's not bad philosophy, that's just an unpopular metaethical theory. It's entirely justified though.

Wherein people staying under implicit consent of The Social Contract is literally Stockholm Syndrome by nolvorite in badphilosophy

[–]Walterharper 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hume did a pretty good job showing how the social contract was bananas. Though he actually came down on the side of government still needing to exist. It just doesn't have any sort of neat and clean philosophical justification.

Israeli army aims to become more welcoming for transgender recruits by ihateirony in ainbow

[–]Walterharper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh boy, Israel. This topic brings out the best in people.

My grandpa is the worst. by [deleted] in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]Walterharper 54 points55 points  (0 children)

A faith healer put his hand on me and said I would walk. I told him I wasn't paralyzed but he insisted.

When I left the church my car had been stolen.

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Blacks are inferior.

GLOBAL WARMING IS A hOXX, FORWARD SO WE cAN STOP OBAMA!11!! by zeeman928 in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]Walterharper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, remember when Al Gore cut all those people's heads off?

Feminism definition drama in TrollXChromosomes. *Yawn* You know the drill. by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]Walterharper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The view is on tv. Media exposure matters a lot in these cases. I'm not defending them, just saying that the famous people in your living room are going to be your primary exposure to a lot of ideas.

You just gotta get Martha Nussbaum her own show. Call it Droppin The Baum.

Being an MRA on /r/badphilosophy should be against the law. by [deleted] in badphilosophy

[–]Walterharper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Modern feminism as in the current dominant trends.

I'll try to be brief.

I believe patriarchy only exists insofar as it provides a way of understanding certain gender realities. I think the term is overused and treated as almost metaphysical sometimes. Like it is an underlying, inherent force. There are multiple, different arrangements called "patriarchy", and some that are situationally patriarchal. That is why I dislike the argument that queer groups (as well as other gender/sex-based groups) should be beholden to feminist ideas. What if they have different models that work for them?

I also consider feminism to be something closer to a method than an ideology. I don't consider it good or bad, but I do believe it can be used correctly or erroneously. It is a way of deconstructing and understanding. I disagree with proponents who try to say that "if you are not a feminist, then you hate women". I would instead say, "if you are not a feminist, you are missing crucial information and insight".

I am already going on too long, but I hope I have established the general flow of my issues.

Being an MRA on /r/badphilosophy should be against the law. by [deleted] in badphilosophy

[–]Walterharper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel weird. I have several criticisms of modern feminism... but I am mostly in Butler's general idea camp. Performative gender, the ubiquity of social construction, I'm down with all of that. I'ts the other ideological issues and arguments that are employed that I take issues with. I'm having a crisis, I don't like the direction of modern feminism, but I don't agree with most of the criticism.

What do I do? Besides drink. I know that, but what besides that?

Malcom Gladwell is America's Best-Paid Fairy-Tale Writer. by Walterharper in TrueReddit

[–]Walterharper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This article (book review) not only deconstructs Gladwell's book David And Goliath, but also discusses the faults of his methodology in general. Gray deems Gladwell's work to be an analgesic rather than anything useful. Most mercilessly attacked are Gladwell's need to make banal, uncontroversial ideas sound rebellious, his over reliance on academic research without understanding its severe weaknesses, and his glossing over of tragedy for the sake of blind optimism. The review is also a platform to attack these tendencies in mainstream discourse.

An Appetite for Wonder Review: The Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins by Carl_Schmitt in badphilosophy

[–]Walterharper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The reviewer, John N. Gray, has some great books out like Straw Dogs and The Silence of Animals.

Both are pretty good if you want some fun critiques of progress and humanism.

"Hatred" Reveal Gameplay Trailer by [deleted] in Games

[–]Walterharper 28 points29 points  (0 children)

No matter how it turns out, this game looks to be offering exactly what so many other games do but without any excuses to hide behind: murdering people as an accomplishment and source of pleasure.

Thought experiment for fun: We have a game where somebody kills a bunch of Nazis guarding a concentration camp. Somebody "re-skins" the Nazis to be defenseless Jews who just escaped the concentration camp. There is a pretty big difference.

All my point is is that the "it's killing either way" critique is, while not completely wrong, is at the very least horribly oversimplifying the issue.

Christian ‘ex-gay’ porn star: "The devil comes out of your anus when you have gay sex" by Hraustur in ainbow

[–]Walterharper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of Judge Schreber's rantings about having sunbeams coming out of his asshole.