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moral arguments

After reading Haidt's work it became clearer to me that arguing an opinion about a moral dilemma to the extent of forcing it upon someone else won't convince that person that your opinion is right. People have gut reactions to moral issues and changing these gut reactions are nearly impossible. People usually don't even have reasons for their belief in a moral dilemma, at least not one that can't be shot down with different logical arguments. Therefore, while writing our paper, Holly and I will give the two different sides of the argument. Since we have slightly different ideas, we are not really trying to convince our readers of a specific point they should believe in. 

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