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Malevolent vs. benevolent dispositions and conservative political ideology in the Trump era

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I didn't bring up "consequentialism" because like my spell checker, I am not familiar with it. I could probably guess, but I knew better than to guess when people start capitalizing "isms".
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Autonomic, eh? Ever wonder if you still know how to breathe?

When I mentioned autonomic, I had in mind human emotions and involuntary thoughts (like doubts) that can often muddle the speed and clarity of the moral decision making process.
 
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And what exactly constitutes "due consideration" within the deciding process according to your epistemological estimation?
You know...thinking about choices and choosing the one you like best.

These flowery, pseudo intellectual word salad responses are getting you nowhere.
 
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When I mentioned autonomic, I had in mind human emotions and involuntary thoughts (like doubts) that can often muddle the speed and clarity of the moral decision making process.
Not sure what emotional responses have to do with reasoned evaluation of morals or claims of absolutist moral authority.
 
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Not sure what emotional responses have to do with reasoned evaluation of morals or claims of absolutist moral authority.
You're right. Absolutely nothing at all. I thought it didn't need to be explained that we're not talking about emotional responses to circumstances or knee jerk fight-or-flight reactions. This is meant to be about reasonable, considered approaches as to how we, individually, decide what is morally acceptable and what isn't.
 
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You're right. Absolutely nothing at all. I thought it didn't need to be explained that we're not talking about emotional responses to circumstances or knee jerk fight-or-flight reactions. This is meant to be about reasonable, considered approaches as to how we, individually, decide what is morally acceptable and what isn't.
This thread has drifted so far it has merged with the *other* "morality" thread. Perhaps we should drop in all of the (likely) "True Christians" quoted in the text chains by Politico...
 
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This thread has drifted so far it has merged with the *other* "morality" thread. Perhaps we should drop in all of the (likely) "True Christians" quoted in the text chains by Politico...
Yeah, I'm confusing what some people say in this thread with what they have said in t'other. Makes no sense in either most of the time...
 
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