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0 pointssorokod6y ago0 comments

Perhaps you can share the moral justification used by the Chinese government?

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To maintain political and social stability.

Well, this is a justification, but not a moral one.

This one can be employed to justify any arbitrary measure applied by any arbitrary authority at any arbitrary point in time.

matz16y ago

Morality is relative, to them it maybe very well be the moral thing to do.

>This one can be employed to justify any arbitrary measure applied by any arbitrary authority at any arbitrary point in time

Yes it can but you don't have to agree with it

ezoe6y ago

I don't know since I'm not Chinese.

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matz16y ago

To maintain political and social stability.

sorokodOP6y ago

Well, this is a justification, but not a moral one.

This one can be employed to justify any arbitrary measure applied by any arbitrary authority at any arbitrary point in time.

matz16y ago

Morality is relative, to them it maybe very well be the moral thing to do.

>This one can be employed to justify any arbitrary measure applied by any arbitrary authority at any arbitrary point in time

Yes it can but you don't have to agree with it

ezoe6y ago

I don't know since I'm not Chinese.

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