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Ethics & Argument

You Are Not Obliged to Optimise Yourself.
In Defence of Wasting Time Properly.
24 hrs ago • Tom J. Elston
Disagreement Is Not Persecution.
On criticism, harm inflation, and the strange comfort of feeling attacked.
Jul 13 • Tom J. Elston
Disgust Is Not a Policy.
Transgender Identity and the Argument beneath the Argument.
May 28 • Tom J. Elston
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