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Commented Jul 22, 2016 on The voters have spoken, at least here at Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
The voters have spoken, at least here
MOVING TO FRONT FROM JULY 20--A LIVELY DISCUSSION IN THE COMMENTS! So with nearly 1,000 votes since late yesterday afternoon, here's whom readers are voting for Who will you vote for for President of the United States this fall? Hillary Clinton (Democrat) 62%604 Gary...
Hi Eddy,
I've been wondering about this. I find it intuitive that there is an obligation to vote for Hillary on grounds similar to those that would lead you to pull the switch. But what if you could know that a Trump presidency would bring about far more net good than a Clinton presidency, because, say, it would cause the republicans to lose Congress, it would lower the public's trust in conservatism etc. Would it be ethical or even obligatory to vote for Trump? Maybe it's "imaginative resistance" but my gut says no. Love to hear your thoughts.
(This isn't all theoretical by the way. I know that some liberal Israeli's were tempted to vote *for* Netanyahu because they thought he would be a disaster and turn the public their way.)
Commented Jul 22, 2016 on The voters have spoken, at least here at Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
The voters have spoken, at least here
MOVING TO FRONT FROM JULY 20--A LIVELY DISCUSSION IN THE COMMENTS! So with nearly 1,000 votes since late yesterday afternoon, here's whom readers are voting for Who will you vote for for President of the United States this fall? Hillary Clinton (Democrat) 62%604 Gary...
Massimo Pigliucci (a biologist and philosopher) has commented on this many times. He rules "misleading".
https://philosophynow.org/issues/71/The_Evolution_of_Evolutionary_Theory
Commented May 2, 2016 on Epigenetics and the return of Lamarck? at Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
Epigenetics and the return of Lamarck?
I'd be curious to hear from philosophers of biology and other biologically-informed readers about this New Yorker piece. Accurate? Misleading? Links to better or other discussions of epigenetics accessible to non-biologists welcome.
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