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VoiceOfRa comments on Subjective vs. normative offensiveness - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: casebash 25 September 2015 04:10AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 25 September 2015 11:28:27PM 0 points [-]

No, it's not a critique of cultural relativism. It's an observation that I don't know where the boundary is and that your "normative offense" can be gamed by picking a suitable position on the small-group - large-group spectrum.

You assume that everyone agrees on which offenses are "normative". That is not the case.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 26 September 2015 12:58:39AM 2 points [-]

Not everyone agrees on what things are true either. That doesn't mean truth doesn't exist.