Christopher Voß

This is one of those views which are so absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.
- Bertrand Russell

[Christopher Voß @VoChristopher]

@Fionnindy @J_K_Wilke @BachmannRudi Alright, sorry (again) for responding so belatedly - I will try to DM you on the weekend. And sure, if you want to ask some questions or like to have something cleared up, go right ahead!

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@Fionnindy @J_K_Wilke @BachmannRudi Should I still try to break it down here or would you prefer a direct message? I guess there are not many spectators that enjoy philosophical skirmishes about concepts, metaphorical language and ontological claims.

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@Fionnindy @J_K_Wilke @BachmannRudi Hey, sorry for my late response. And thank you for your detailed reply! I just mentally mapped out my response and that it would probably take over a dozen messages, which I sadly can't fit into 1 post since the richest man on earth can't provide that kind of privilege for free.

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@Fionnindy @J_K_Wilke @BachmannRudi But that's the paradox, right? In order to become proper right, abstract right has to come into force itself. It can't substitute force if it just remains abstract right (assuming that this even exists, which is a dubious metaphysical claim).

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@Fionnindy @J_K_Wilke @BachmannRudi On a side note - have you ever read Anscombe's "Modern moral philosophy"? Or Arendt's notion that in order to have rights you need to have a rights to these rights? I would be curious to hear your opinion on that.

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@Fionnindy @J_K_Wilke @BachmannRudi But "Right" as in a right that has no actual enforcement- I would doubt that this has can be properly called a right. And neither is it likely in the near future that international politics and right will reach that institutional level.

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@J_K_Wilke @BachmannRudi That's true, but the thing is that those kind of personal human rights actually get enforced by certain states. But there is, on the contrary, no world state that could enforce to right of any existing nation to exist.

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@duherrlehrer @BachmannRudi If you want to make a point, then feel free to do so. No point for this condescending tone. And I know the differences between those concepts but the fact is that nowadays they're largely used interchangibly.

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@Fionnindy @BachmannRudi Granted, that statement is way too broad to be apodictically true. But it's not wrong to point out that modern nationhood is largely the outcome of historic processes of violence. Not because some enlightenment thinkers thought up an abstract right that everyone adheres to now.

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@2Philosophical_ Did you read the article? Being non-gifted means having an IQ of 100.

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@VTHistory25 I'm afraid there are actually people who really like that kind of content. Or just don't realize it's AI. Really a shame YouTube doesn't show you more small creators instead of this and YT shorts.

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@daisychristo @j_amesmarriott @b_judah I think you could make the point that mass literacy is only of public benefit when it leads to an informed public having an intelligent say in politics. Invoking 2 world wars that were started by autocratic systems doesn't really disprove that.

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@otets_nervegas They're not saying that he's stupid, but merely that he wasn't the genius he wanted to be. That's true for a lot of people who are still intelligent.

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@RadioFreeTom @BretDevereaux You're arguing with someone who proudly proclaims he doesn't read modern books. There's no way you'll make him learn anything.

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@berthoppe Ist vor allem ein Musterbeispiel für das selektive Unterstellen von guten und schlechten Absichten.

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