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JMiller comments on Confusion about Normative Morality - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: JMiller 07 February 2013 08:34PM

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Comment author: JMiller 08 February 2013 01:56:28AM 1 point [-]

Ah I see. What I ment by that is the tendency to argue about terminology and not content, that's all. Sorry for the confusion.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 08 February 2013 03:11:08AM 1 point [-]

I think arguing over semantics is a natural reaction to edge cases. The case is extreme so suddenly the boundaries of what we mean by the word "child" becomes magnified in importance.