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TheOtherDave 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: TheOtherDave 20 March 2011 03:49:26PM 7 points [-]

Agreed with this as far as it goes, but I think it can go further.

A real understanding of the status issues involved does more than answer "will people be offended by objectification?" It also answers "does objectification harm people?"

This isn't a moral question. That is, whether it's wrong to harm people or not, and in what ways and under what circumstances it's wrong, is a different question.

Comment author: cousin_it 20 March 2011 05:28:09PM 2 points [-]

A real understanding of the status issues involved does more than answer "will people be offended by objectification?" It also answers "does objectification harm people?"

Yes! Thanks a lot for pointing this out, it makes the picture even more complete.