They are still appealing to your feelings about murder and you are entitled to respond “That’s TWAitW, the typical case of murder bothers me because of XYZ, which aren’t present here.” I feel like the phrase “That’s TWAitW” is adding to that sentence by explaining that, to you, this might be a case of murder you don’t care about, so just hammering on “it’s murder” won’t persuade you.
“Self evident” beliefs could be the basis of any of the examples, e.g. “theft is wrong because we have a right to our property” could be a belief supporting the statement “Taxes are theft, therefore taxes are wrong.” But when they use “Taxes are theft, therefore taxes are wrong” as persuasive argument, they are in fact appealing to my definition of theft and to my feelings towards theft, in an attempt to get from the common ground of “theft is wrong” to the new ground “taxes are wrong.” That’s TWAitW.
They are still appealing to your feelings about murder and you are entitled to respond “That’s TWAitW, the typical case of murder bothers me because of XYZ, which aren’t present here.” I feel like the phrase “That’s TWAitW” is adding to that sentence by explaining that, to you, this might be a case of murder you don’t care about, so just hammering on “it’s murder” won’t persuade you.
“Self evident” beliefs could be the basis of any of the examples, e.g. “theft is wrong because we have a right to our property” could be a belief supporting the statement “Taxes are theft, therefore taxes are wrong.” But when they use “Taxes are theft, therefore taxes are wrong” as persuasive argument, they are in fact appealing to my definition of theft and to my feelings towards theft, in an attempt to get from the common ground of “theft is wrong” to the new ground “taxes are wrong.” That’s TWAitW.