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141. THE VALUE OF SOCIAL MEDIA - Does It Have Any?

January 09, 2023 by DaN McKee in Communication, Culture, Ethics, Media, Mental Health, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Technology, Social Media

“I was struck by the idea that social media gives us a living example of what emotivism really would be like sufficient enough to demonstrate why Ayer is wrong about normal moral discourse. Places like Twitter or Facebook really are just expressing ‘boo’ or ‘hurrah’ about certain issues and moral discourse is rendered meaningless there.“

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January 09, 2023 /DaN McKee
social media, twitter, facebook, mastodon, instagram, commercial, advertising, discourse, metaethics, A J Ayer, emotivism, philosophy, philosophy unleashed, slippery slope, slippery slope argument, ethics
Communication, Culture, Ethics, Media, Mental Health, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Technology, Social Media
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105. MY SPIDEY-SENSE WAS TINGLING - Have We Forgotten How To Deal With Conflict in Civil Society?

January 10, 2022 by DaN McKee in COVID19, Culture, Movies, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Pop Culture

“sometimes living together means compromise and not doing exactly what you want.“

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January 10, 2022 /DaN McKee
Spiderman, No Way Home, dispute, conflict, argument, violence, discourse, dialogue, social media, cinema, covid, imagination, Rawls
COVID19, Culture, Movies, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Pop Culture
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