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Ideas & Philosophy
Big questions of meaning, ethics, society and how to live well together.
Why it matters
Many of the choices we face come down to values. Careful argument — made in good faith and open to reply — is how values get examined rather than merely asserted.
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Make your premises explicit, steelman the opposing view, and argue with the idea rather than the person.
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