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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
A few things:
(i) there are a lot of people (both religious and secular philosophers) who would disagree that morality is just a "matter of opinion";
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Indeed. But when objective proof is,
by definition, impossible, it is just that.
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
(ii) even if it is just opinion, not all opinions are equally valid (this seems to be a common fallacy people ascribe to); and
(iii) calling this behaviour "immoral" or "unethical" stretches those words to the point of meaninglessness.
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While I agree that the behavior in question is neither, but simply part of the business, I disagree that it's a stretch of the meaning of the words
in all cases. I've explained the most obvious scenario in which a lot of people would disagree with you (and me).
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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
If we're going to go so crazy as to say that this is immoral, why not go all the way and describe it as "retail terrorism"? Would that opinion be equally valid?
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Reductio ad absurdum is a fallacy, and not worth dignifying with an answer.