Reallaleia: It takes insanity to think that just ecause you have a hundred, 50 followers and you post something publicly, a one reteat isn't going to reach the entire world. I don't understand the people who tweat those kinds of things; what do they think is going to happen? We have enough evidence that people are going to be find the least charitable interpretation of your tweet possible. So i'm not defending her doing it. But what i'm also not willing to do is defend the mob, even an individual who didn't know that it was going to cost her her job or anything like that. There's other things that you could occupy yourself with more
Sam Harris gets back in the VBW ring for another round on moral responsibility, ethical theories, and the grounds for our obligations to other people. Are we at a genuine stalemate when it comes to blame and desert? Is Tamler a closet consequentialist? Is Sam a closet pluralist? Why is Dave such a big Wagner fan? Plus, Twitter shaming: what is it good for? Settle in, get comfortable, pour yourself a drink, you’re in for the long haul on this one.
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