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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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That aside, the analogy implies that all possible outcomes are morally justified because they are possible outcomes. It defers moral judgement to others and favors compulsion over individual responsibility. In other words, if one is not prohibited from doing a thing, then that thing is ok.
That is a dangerous philosophy to embrace.
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It is.
Unfortunately, it's also far too common among certain demographics.
Without dragging the whole mess into this thread, an incident regarding a certain website's hosting pictures of minors in questionable states of exposure being defended by folks on the grounds that "it's not illegal" comes to mind.