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The Pragmatism of Idealism (or , how I learned to stop worrying and love the f bomb).
protein wisdom — ... are making the claim] that it is standard business and political doctrine that communicators be aware of how they are likely to be interpreted, which conflates the idea of practice with rectitude. And the fact is, being aware of how your utterances may be interpreted by those who are looking to maliciously misrepresent them in a soundbite culture is a fool’s errand—one that is shown up by the very issue at hand: Bennett was careful to note that the hypothetical in question was morally reprehensible —and in fact used it to argue against utilitarian rationalizations for moral ...

How I learned to stop worrying and love the f-bomb
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... are making the claim] that it is standard business and political doctrine that communicators be aware of how they are likely to be interpreted, which conflates the idea of practice with rectitude. And the fact is, being aware of how your utterances may be interpreted by those who are looking to maliciously misrepresent them in a soundbite culture is a fool’s errand—one that is shown up by the very issue at hand: Bennett was careful to note that the hypothetical in question was morally reprehensible —and in fact used it to argue against utilitarian rationalizations for moral ...