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Favor Dialogue Over Shouting To Preserve Persuasion
- Preserve space for dialogue and reasoned disagreement rather than immediate shutdown tactics.
- Tamler recounts Lewis & Clark protest of Christina Hoff Sommers to argue civil Q&A and discussion enable persuasion and prevent caricature.
Utilitarianism Can Fragment Moral Identity
- Bernard Williams frames his critique of utilitarianism as an attack on integrity, meaning the unity of the agent rather than uprightness.
- He argues negative responsibility and requiring agents to override their projects fragments their identity and alienates moral feelings.
George The Chemist Case Shows Everyday Moral Fracture
- Williams' George case: a chemist must choose between a decent job at a lab doing chemical/biological warfare research or family hardship.
- George refuses on moral grounds, but utilitarianism would demand he accept because another less scrupulous researcher would worsen outcomes.