[sinenomine]

Thank you for a honest response. I think this is an underexplored topic - how many of our broad social policies were shaped mostly on the basis of sufficiently broadly shared visceral feeling.

Should we base ultimately coercive society-wide regulatory framework on mere "squeamishness", appropriately rationalized, or should we instead embrace a non-discriminatory, laissez-faire approach in this domain?

[quesera]

> how many of our broad social policies were shaped mostly on the basis of sufficiently broadly shared visceral feeling

All of them? I'm struggling to think of a counterexample.

[vcxy]

Yeah, I'd say the phrases "broadly shared visceral feelings" and "broad social policies" point to nearly the same concept.