One difference is that “Perplexed” is talking about anger as an individual emotional response …
Uh, no I’m not. I haven’t even mentioned anger. I’m talking about punishment. Which, as a moral realist, I’m claiming is a moral issue. And, given my particular flavor of moral realism, that means that there is a closely related practical issue (involving deterence, etc.).
I am not interested in explaining anger as an instinctive signal that it is time to punish—though I’m sure evolutionary psychologists can do so. I’m far more interested in explaining punishment as a moral and practical response to some particular class of actions—actions that I call “immoral”.
As to what handoflixue is missing, I would say that he probably wasn’t paying attention in school when communism and socialism were defined, or else he missed the fact that exhibitions of political “attitude” are not appreciated here. Compared to that, his suggestion that redistributive taxation is something like the kind of punishment I claimed doesn’t exist, …, well that suggestion seems rather innocent.
One difference is that “Perplexed” is talking about anger as an individual emotional response …
Uh, no I’m not. I haven’t even mentioned anger. I’m talking about punishment.
Yes, you’re right (in the sense that you’re making a true statement about what you said before), and I’m wrong. I misunderstood your position.
After acknowledging that I misunderstood you, I’d like to make use of my now probably-correct understanding of what you meant, but unfortunately I have nothing useful to say. I’d need a definition of “moral reality” to start with, assuming that’s what you think you are perceiving as a moral realist.
Uh, no I’m not. I haven’t even mentioned anger. I’m talking about punishment. Which, as a moral realist, I’m claiming is a moral issue. And, given my particular flavor of moral realism, that means that there is a closely related practical issue (involving deterence, etc.).
I am not interested in explaining anger as an instinctive signal that it is time to punish—though I’m sure evolutionary psychologists can do so. I’m far more interested in explaining punishment as a moral and practical response to some particular class of actions—actions that I call “immoral”.
As to what handoflixue is missing, I would say that he probably wasn’t paying attention in school when communism and socialism were defined, or else he missed the fact that exhibitions of political “attitude” are not appreciated here. Compared to that, his suggestion that redistributive taxation is something like the kind of punishment I claimed doesn’t exist, …, well that suggestion seems rather innocent.
Yes, you’re right (in the sense that you’re making a true statement about what you said before), and I’m wrong. I misunderstood your position.
After acknowledging that I misunderstood you, I’d like to make use of my now probably-correct understanding of what you meant, but unfortunately I have nothing useful to say. I’d need a definition of “moral reality” to start with, assuming that’s what you think you are perceiving as a moral realist.