tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post1333676722586754259..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Political CorrectnessAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-64653083939928360472016-03-03T13:37:28.131-07:002016-03-03T13:37:28.131-07:00That motte-and-bailey tactic is actually quite app...That motte-and-bailey tactic is actually quite applicable to my standard objection against egoism.<br /><br />The psychological egoist says that everybody acts always and only for their advantage or best interest.<br /><br />When challenged, the psychological egoist retreats to the position that everybody acts so s to fulfill their desires (ignoring the fact that one can desire the well-being of others and even desire their well-being more than one's own).<br /><br />When the attacker leaves, then the psychological egoist goes back to saying that people only act in their own, selfish interest.<br /><br />There are definitely relationships between the two. I think the bundling of things so that the taint of the bad can rub off on the good, or the sweetness of the good can run off on the bad, is a distinguishing characteristic. However, they are quite close.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-39947319187428044952016-03-03T11:44:24.231-07:002016-03-03T11:44:24.231-07:00Of possible interest - the "putting multiple ...Of possible interest - the "putting multiple things in a big box in order to spring a trap" thing is being popularized by Scott Alexander as the "Motte-and-Bailey" tactic. http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/03/all-in-all-another-brick-in-the-motte/Eneaszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500232958398471146noreply@blogger.com