Is it though? An appeal to common sense has been used to justify any number of horrors historically. It depends heavily on the culture you are in.
Debate is most certainly used to persuade and test the strength of an argument. In debate, however, common sense is sometimes used in place of logical reasoning for things the speaker believes should simply be understood.
Every argument under the sun is used to justify atrocities. Common sense is what susses them out.
Common sense is fundamental to being human and it’s all we have to rely on whether you like it or not. Demanding others ignore it is to make them complacent and supportive of atrocity. Common sense is what snaps people out of it.
Now you can quibble about semantics all you want to, you just won’t do it to me. Trying to undermine the Breonna Taylor tragedy will get you nowhere… and we can see, with our common sense, that that is what’s happening here.
Is it though? An appeal to common sense has been used to justify any number of horrors historically. It depends heavily on the culture you are in.
Debate is most certainly used to persuade and test the strength of an argument. In debate, however, common sense is sometimes used in place of logical reasoning for things the speaker believes should simply be understood.
Every argument under the sun is used to justify atrocities. Common sense is what susses them out.
Common sense is fundamental to being human and it’s all we have to rely on whether you like it or not. Demanding others ignore it is to make them complacent and supportive of atrocity. Common sense is what snaps people out of it.
Now you can quibble about semantics all you want to, you just won’t do it to me. Trying to undermine the Breonna Taylor tragedy will get you nowhere… and we can see, with our common sense, that that is what’s happening here.
Let’s back up for a second.
Can you definite what you understand “common sense” to be.
Also, do you think “common sense” varies between cultures?