Well, the politics of virtue is not terribly logical. It’s filled with arbitrary lines being drawn all over.
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No it's not. It's a cynical combination of whataboutism and ad hominem - neither of which are logically valid arguments.
I prefer to think of it as a rolling cauldron of incoherent normative ethical claims.
Agreed. Politics of virtue is highly influenceable, and has been for a long time - religion, culture, gov’t, media.
Perhaps why it’s so messy right now is because there is no longer a single source of information - and people are trying to figure out what it means to have other takes.
I think one thing to also consider is that politics of consequence involves a lot of self sacrifice - and so even without politics of virtue, only a tiny fraction will participate it in. Politics of virtue on the other hand has little to no consequence on them.
It’s a good piece Mike. Hope you write more