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I enjoyed this (and largely agree), thanks!

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Thank you!

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I clicked on this article because you told me that it was causing a buzz.

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It is... for instance it already has one comment

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Reformist leftism seems compatible with radical centrism simce RC is basically just a form of reformism that's both pluralistic in it's values (it allows for competing principles to coexist, or at least try to coexist) and emphasizes evidence-based approaches.

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Interesting points. The Nordic countries are indeed prosperous. As an American who has spent time in Sweden, I enjoyed their high regard for intelligence, diligence, education, and health - noticeably better than in the States. Regarding their welfare programs, I have heard even an Objectivist podcaster admit that they are more efficient than ours. Sweden is also known as being economically freer for starting a business. It has been said that theirs is a "high trust" society, presumably higher in trust than the American. Such a distinction may offend some, but from my own experience there, I think it's something to consider.

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G. A Cohen was a clown and it's meaningless to make "moral" assessments of purely abstract concepts which you haven't even established can be implemented in the real world. Everyone knows this but some people want to pretend really hard that they don't.

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Oct 9Liked by Ethan

This is a laughably silly comment that’s both on its face moronic and also directly addressed in the post

Idk why people don’t have shame anymore

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Lol

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Is it really "meaningless to make 'moral' assessments of purely abstract concepts which you haven't even established can be implemented in the real world?" Because if that's true, we have to throw out a lot of moral philosophy, which is often based on abstract thought experiments that are very unlikely to actually come about in the world, much less be purposefully implemented. I think the utility monster, repugnant conclusion, and the experience machine are still useful and can motivate moral views.

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