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Episode 119: A Brief History of Values

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Debunking Arguments Isn't a Good Idea, Right?

In one case, you might have a more objectivest way of framing the value judgment. It's possible that debunking arguments are going to be at their most effective for things that you take to be objective truths, rather than personal preferences. Putting a bible or putting another book on a bible is actually wrong, whether you think it's wrong or not. Whereas, like, women with big breasts are attractive, or something like that, is something that you think isn't necessarily an objective value judgment. And i don't know if these are our values, these are just preferences like so i actually, i prefer vanilla ice cream to chocolate ice cream.

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