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lukeprog comments on A Rationalist's Account of Objectification? - Less Wrong Discussion

43 Post author: lukeprog 19 March 2011 11:10PM

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Comment author: lukeprog 20 March 2011 02:23:38AM 3 points [-]

Interesting.

My own emotions are different. I wouldn't mind being one of the people in the mud pit, having my photo taken unknowingly amidst such a large group.

Also, on the issue of consent: If we required consent from each person in such photographs, it would be nearly impossible to ever publish photographs of large groups of people.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 20 March 2011 02:36:51AM 1 point [-]

Re: consent... sure, I agree. Or at least more difficult. That doesn't change my conclusions about how consent informs my judgment of whether a particular act is OK.

Re: your emotions... fair enough. If I use you as a reference class for those folks instead of me, my conclusion changes.