Real tough-mindedness is saying, “Yes, sulfuric acid is a horrible painful death, but it ought to have happened to her because a world without consequence—without cause and effect—is meaningless to either idealize or pursue… and as far as we can peer into a hypothetical, objective, pragmatic view of what ought to be, she totally deserved it.”
“World where stupid, gullible, or desperate people are punished for bad decisions by death” versus “world without consequence, without cause and effect” is a pretty huge false dilemma.
Edit: What is an “objective, pragmatic view of what ought to be”, in your view? Specifically, what makes it objective, and what is the “pragmatic” criterion for determining what people deserve?
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Real tough-mindedness is saying, “Yes, sulfuric acid is a horrible painful death, but it ought to have happened to her because a world without consequence—without cause and effect—is meaningless to either idealize or pursue… and as far as we can peer into a hypothetical, objective, pragmatic view of what ought to be, she totally deserved it.”
“World where stupid, gullible, or desperate people are punished for bad decisions by death” versus “world without consequence, without cause and effect” is a pretty huge false dilemma.
Edit: What is an “objective, pragmatic view of what ought to be”, in your view? Specifically, what makes it objective, and what is the “pragmatic” criterion for determining what people deserve?