module Config.Pages.Debate.Arguments.Inferences.EthicalSlurs exposing (..) import Config.Pages.Debate.Arguments.Types exposing (..) argumentEthicalSlurs : Argument argumentEthicalSlurs = { argumentTitle = "Argument for Using the Term Retard" , propositionTitle = "It is generally permissible to use the term retard with an altered non-bigoted meaning." , propositionReductio = "" , propositionSummary = "The only historical examples of bigoted terms, such as slurs, becoming non-harmful to the demographics toward which they were historically targeted involve literally changing the usage of the term to something non-bigoted. I don’t see any historical precedent for a methodology that has been as successful in achieving this goal as altering the term's usage. Such as using the term \"nigga\" to mean \"friend\", for example." , proofLink = "https://www.umsu.de/trees/#(~6x(Px~4Qx)),(~6x(~3Px~5Rx)),(~3Pr),(~3Qr~1Rr~5Sr),(Sr~5Wr)|=(Wr)" , argumentCertainty = 7 , argumentImage = "ethicalslurs" , definitionTable = [ { definiendum = "P(x)" , definiens = "(x)'s negative connotations have been neutralised" } , { definiendum = "Q(x)" , definiens = "(x) has been rendered non-bigoted via altered usage" } , { definiendum = "R(x)" , definiens = "oppressed people will continue to suffer from the use of (x)" } , { definiendum = "S(x)" , definiens = "it is permissible to neutralise the term retard's negative connotations" } , { definiendum = "W(x)" , definiens = "it is generally permissible to use the term retard with an altered non-bigoted meaning" } , { definiendum = "x" , definiens = "a slur" } , { definiendum = "r" , definiens = "retard" } ] , argumentFormalization = [ { premises = [ { premise = "For all slurs, a slur's negative connotations have been neutralised if, and only if, slur has been rendered non-bigoted via altered usage." , notation = "∀x(Px↔Qx)" } , { premise = "For all slurs, if it is not the case that slur's negative connotations have been neutralised, then oppressed people will continue to suffer from the use of slur." , notation = "∀x(¬Px→Rx)" } , { premise = "It is not the case that the term retard's negative connotations have been neutralised." , notation = "¬Pr" } , { premise = "If the term retard has not been rendered non-bigoted via altered usage and oppressed people will continue to suffer from the use of the term retard, then it is permissible to neutralise the term retard's negative connotations." , notation = "¬Qr∧Rr→Sr" } , { premise = "If it is permissible to neutralise the term retard's negative connotations, then It is generally permissible to use the term retard with an altered non-bigoted meaning." , notation = "Sr→Wr" } ] , conclusion = "Therefore, it is generally permissible to use the term retard with an altered non-bigoted meaning." , conclusionNotation = "Wr" } ] }