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by stavros 878 days ago
Society would change a hell of a lot faster if people thought about ethics instead of inheriting their morality, as the latter just seems to mostly be "I find objectionable what my parents found objectionable".

When I had to do this, I came to some distasteful to me conclusions, eg that two adult siblings should be free to have protected sex. I just didn't see any way to justify not allowing that. Not many people do this.
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nh23423fefe 878 days ago
but morality was invented to help social apes mediate. why would you invent a set of beliefs no one agrees with? the purpose is consensus and predictability and alignment with biological programming.

i dont want to know "ethical people" who have academic beliefs about incest

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Exoristos 878 days ago
> Society would change a hell of a lot faster if ...

Why do you want this? "It might help my boss make more money" short-term?

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