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• If two norms conflict, if they are mutually inconsistent, then at least one of them must be false.

  Torbjorn Tannsjo

  Two, Conflict, Norm

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• You should not take the content of your intuitive response as evidence until you have submitted your psychological reaction to what I call cognitive psychotherapy. You should do what you can to learn as much as possible about the origin of your reaction.

  Torbjorn Tannsjo

  Psychological, Reactions, Should

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• You are only allowed to treat the content of your intuition as evidence if the intuition stays after you have exposed it to cognitive psychotherapy; in some cases you have to reject it even if it does indeed stay.

  Torbjorn Tannsjo

  Intuition, Doe, Treats

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• It is of note that even if utilitarianism has proved to be superior to deontology and the libertarian moral rights theory in the area of killing, we are not allowed to say that it has been finally vindicated; it has to face other challenges in other areas, in particular in situations of distributive justice.

  Torbjorn Tannsjo

  Rights, Justice, Challenges

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• The US two party system is very different, of course. Here the people decides about who should rule them, but it is not reasonable to claim that the people rules itself through the political institutions. In comparison, I find that the standard European system is better, also as a model for global democracy.

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  Party, Two, People

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