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Patrick Olivier's avatar

Thanks for this, and indeed there are more contradictions with the claim of being on “the right side of history”, as it assumes the sort of progress narrative (an arc to the just) that many who the phrase would in other circumstances argue against.

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Jennifer de Bohun's avatar

Great food for thought - I'd not previously heard of 'remoteness principles'. Yet, isn't that what society does now? We judge past actions based on contemporary principles, even when those past actions were not considered immoral or wrong at the time.

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