I see fewer ‘selves’ and more ‘agents’ than most people here probably do. In particular, I see all sorts of complex cognitive sub-systems with interests and with the ability to act in the service of those interests within each human. I also see verbal expressions of alleged interests which ignore that complexity and verbalizing sub-systems which attempt to thwart as illegitimate the interests of those other non-verbalizing sub-systems, only to find out that without the cooperation of those other systems they can’t actually get anything done.
More generally, I think that when you look for ostensible definitions, for instance, for the causes of people claiming that something is ‘dehumanizing’ or ‘disrespectful’ and tr to understand the causes of those claims it’s not uncommon that you find some legitimate reasons for concern.
I see fewer ‘selves’ and more ‘agents’ than most people here probably do. In particular, I see all sorts of complex cognitive sub-systems with interests and with the ability to act in the service of those interests within each human. I also see verbal expressions of alleged interests which ignore that complexity and verbalizing sub-systems which attempt to thwart as illegitimate the interests of those other non-verbalizing sub-systems, only to find out that without the cooperation of those other systems they can’t actually get anything done.
More generally, I think that when you look for ostensible definitions, for instance, for the causes of people claiming that something is ‘dehumanizing’ or ‘disrespectful’ and tr to understand the causes of those claims it’s not uncommon that you find some legitimate reasons for concern.