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Post by Einhorn on Dec 6, 2023 12:42:58 GMT
That's absurd! Now, you would have us believe that cancer is good because it's better than death. Strawman. I claimed that analogising a living standard with something binary was a weak comparison. Try something that is always present and exists on a continuous scale - perhaps energy or power or fps in call of duty No strawman at all. Your position is that if A moves from country A to Country B, Country B must offer 'good' conditions. That's a patent absurdity. All that is signified is that Country B is better. |
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Post by Orac on Dec 6, 2023 12:48:50 GMT
Strawman. I claimed that analogising a living standard with something binary was a weak comparison. Try something that is always present and exists on a continuous scale - perhaps energy or power or fps in call of duty No strawman at. Your position is that if A moves from country A to Country B, Country B must offer 'good' conditions. That's a patent absurdity. All that is signfied is that Country B is better. You must have missed my explanation - Good is just another word for 'better' because there is no absolute standard of good and so good is always a judgment made out of some comparison with worse. |
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 6, 2023 13:19:41 GMT
No strawman at. Your position is that if A moves from country A to Country B, Country B must offer 'good' conditions. That's a patent absurdity. All that is signfied is that Country B is better. You must have missed my explanation - Good is just another word for 'better' because there is no absolute standard of good and so good is always a judgment made out of some comparison with worse.Right. The conditions in which the woman and young child were living in the linked picture were 'good', then. |
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Post by Orac on Dec 6, 2023 13:31:42 GMT
They appear to have gas and running water / sewage. The royal families of medieval Europe would likely be envious.
Here is a question.
Would you say living conditions in sixties Britain were good when compared to those in Seventies Bangladesh?
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 6, 2023 16:10:48 GMT
They appear to have gas and running water / sewage. The royal families of medieval Europe would likely be envious. Here is a question. Would you say living conditions in sixties Britain were good when compared to those in Seventies Bangladesh? You probably won't be surprised to hear that I'd say they were better. |
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