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Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: evaluation
29 Aug 2018 Conversations with Tyler Claire Lehmann on Speaking Freely
“A norm will either be too tough or not tough enough.” And they say, “I’d rather the norms against racists, in a sense, be too tough and maybe catch some cases that don’t deserve to be caught because that’s the only choice we have.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 29 Aug 2018
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…I agree with civility. If people define political correctness as being civil and being polite, then I’m on that side. I’m on the side of not being aggressively provocative and overly polemical with one’s perceived political opponents. But I don’t really think that’s what political correctness is. I think political correctness is the restraint on inquiry. However, a lot of people define it as just being nice and being civil and respectful. If we were to just go on that definition, I’m in perfect agreement with being nice and being respectful. We both agree, in the past and still the present, racism has been a problem. Gay individuals have not been treated well. If someone wants to make the norms tougher, but they honestly told us, “You can never fine-tune a norm. A norm will either be too tough or not tough enough.” And they say, “I’d rather the norms against racists, in a sense, be too tough and maybe catch some cases that don’t deserve to be caught because that’s the only choice we have. In the past, injustices have been so great.” What would you say? You think we can fine-tune the norm in accord with reason? The social norms?…
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