If there is moralising to be done, it cannot be done on the basis of what a person IS, because they have no power to change that, never have, and never will.
The only useful moralising that can be actually applied, is to ground it on the basis of what a person DOES, because a person has power over what they do, and can choose to act for the better as well as for the worse.
This is a great point, and ought to be added to the list. "Morality consists entirely in actions, and is therefore located in the Will in human beings. Neither racial nor ethnic nor sexual identities are rooted in the Will, but rather in circumstance. Therefore, any morality rooted in unchosen circumstance can only be a false morality. Therefore identity politics is immoral."
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Re: Essentialism Fallacy
Date: 2021-11-22 03:01 pm (UTC)This is a great point, and ought to be added to the list. "Morality consists entirely in actions, and is therefore located in the Will in human beings. Neither racial nor ethnic nor sexual identities are rooted in the Will, but rather in circumstance. Therefore, any morality rooted in unchosen circumstance can only be a false morality. Therefore identity politics is immoral."