“a crucial part of that is getting people to adopt an identity of critical thinking”
What to do about folks who believe/trumpet that they have adopted such an identity, and use this as a shield against conflicting arguments?
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“a crucial part of that is getting people to adopt an identity of critical thinking”
What to do about folks who believe/trumpet that they have adopted such an identity, and use this as a shield against conflicting arguments?
I think the point is that such a mind-killing problem doesn’t answer anything. A reasonable person may say “both puzzle options are awful, I don’t want to play”, but that doesn’t mean that the same person can’t give a moral argument for action or inaction in a more realistic situation.