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### Shitty Argument Against Ethical Slurs
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<b>P1)</b></font> If a derogatory attitude is morally defective, then it is pro tanto wrong to express that attitude.
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<b>(∀x((Dx∧Mx)→WEx))</b>
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<b>P2)</b></font> Derogatory attitudes shaped by harmful ideologies are morally defective.
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<b>∀x(Dx→Mx)</b>
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<b>P3)</b></font> Slurring involves expressing a derogatory attitude in an offensive sociolinguistic register shaped by harmful ideologies, whether or not the speaker possesses the derogatory attitude in question.
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<b>(∀x(Sx→∃y(Dy∧Ey)))</b>
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<b>P4)</b></font> If an act of slurring action-expresses a derogatory attitude, and that derogatory attitude is morally defective, then the act of slurring is pro tanto wrong.
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<b>(∀x((Sx∧∃y(Dy∧Ey∧My))→WEx))</b>
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<b>P5)</b></font> All acts of slurring represent action-expressions of derogatory attitudes that are morally defective.
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<b>(∀x(Sx→∃y(Dy∧Ey∧My)))</b>
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<b>C)</b></font> Therefore, all acts of slurring are pro tanto wrong.
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<b>(∴ (∀x(Sx→∃y(Dy∧Ey∧My))∧∀x((Dx∧Mx)→WEx)→∀x(Sx→WEx)))</b>
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### Valid Reformalization of the Shitty Argument Against Ethical Slurs
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| <font color="CC6600">**Definiendum**</font> | <font color="CC6600">**Definiens**</font> |
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| <font color="CC6600">**D**</font> | an attitude is derogatory |
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| <font color="CC6600">**M**</font> | an attitude is morally defective |
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| <font color="CC6600">**W**</font> | it is pro tanto wrong to express an attitude |
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| <font color="CC6600">**H**</font> | an attitude was shaped by harmful ideologies |
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| <font color="CC6600">**S**</font> | expressing an attitude via a slur |
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<b>P1)</b></font> If an attitude is derogatory and morally defective, then it is pro tanto wrong to express that attitude.
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<b>(D∧M→W)</b>
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<b>P2)</b></font> If an attitude is derogatory and was shaped my harmful ideologies, then it is morally defective.
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<b>(D∧H→M)</b>
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<b>P3)</b></font> If an attitude is expressed via a slur, then this attitude is derogatory and was shaped by harmful ideologies.
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<b>(S→D∧H)</b>
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<b>C)</b></font> Therefore, if an attitude is expressed via a slur, then it is pro tanto wrong to express that attitude.
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<b>(∴S→W)</b>
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## Receipts
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![[Pasted image 20241021152013.png]]
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# Debate 1
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## Proposition
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> "Plants have a general tendency to perform an action in ways that is consistent with their self organization."
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## Argument
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### Criteria for moral value
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1. Autopoiesis
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- self-organization
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- self-maintenance
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- self-regulation
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- comprising a network of interrelated processes
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- capable of renewing itself by regulating its composition and maintenance of form
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- creating its own parts
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- homeostasis
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## Semantics
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1. Homeostasis
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- the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements
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2. Tendency
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- an propensity to a particular characteristic.
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## Analysis
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### Reductio
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| **Criteria** | **Atom** |
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| ----------------------- | -------- |
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| Tendency | Yes |
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| Equilibrium | Yes |
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| Interdependent elements | Yes |
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1. Even atoms would qualify as having moral value.
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## Hashtags
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#debate
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#philosophy
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#sentience
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#autopoiesis
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#morality
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#debate_opponents
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