Comment by captainsolo77 on 25/01/2020 at 16:44 UTC

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View submission: Reductio: if we consider merely affecting the environment to be morally wrong, we face the conclusion that our existence is evil. This indicates we have made a mistake...

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The initial premise was “affecting the environment“, not destroying the environment

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Comment by [deleted] at 25/01/2020 at 16:50 UTC

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To destroy something is also to affect it. By including activism in the argument you change the premise! As I pointed out activist are not campaigning against mildly affecting the environment they are campaigning against the destruction of the environment.