Vaniver comments on Arguments Against Speciesism - LessWrong

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Comment author: Xodarap 01 August 2013 01:46:10AM 0 points [-]

I apologize for presenting the argument in a way that's difficult to understand. Here are the facts:

If you believe that subjective opinions which are not based on evidence are morally acceptable, then you must believe that sexism, racism, etc. are acceptable
We* don't believe that sexism, racism, etc. are acceptable
Therefore, we cannot accept arguments based on subjective opinions

Is there a better way to phrase this?

(* "We" here means the broader LW community. I realize that you disagree, but I didn't know that at the time of writing.)

Comment author: Vaniver 02 August 2013 03:54:09AM 2 points [-]

(* "We" here means the broader LW community. I realize that you disagree, but I didn't know that at the time of writing.)

This is not a core belief of the broader LW community. An actual core belief of the LW community:

That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 August 2013 05:20:09AM 0 points [-]

An actual core belief of the LW community:

That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.

I'm not sure that is quite true. It is controversial and many are not comfortable with it without caveats.