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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
If you don't think carefully about why you believe what you believe, why you support the things you support, then your politics are going to be a mess of moral confusion.
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That is kind of my point. If you allow yourself to use unrealistic hypotheticals in a moral discussion, you are being way too easy on yourself. Looking at the actual consequences of your views is one of the best ways to find where your personal views are in conflict.
If you can't find a real world example to defend your view, there is very probably something wrong with your view.
Actual morality can always be defended with actual examples or at the very least plausible hypotheticals.
(Of course one might not always be able to come up with a real world example on the spot. But really the only reason to offer poor quality arguments is when you're trying to explain yourself in a situation where you've been asked to do so.
Throwing poor arguments into discussions where nobody asked them is selfish behavior and simply lowers the quality of discussion.)