RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
November 4, 2021 at 12:24 am
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2021 at 12:29 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 4, 2021 at 12:05 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: That's an open question. I think any rational person can attempt to answer this, and much of the time it isn't going to be a simple regurgitation of cultural norms. A rational person who grew up in a system of cultural norms may end up criticizing those very same cultural norms. When this happens, is it some kind of aberration? I think it's the product of freethinking. I see value in it. But then the question remains, what makes it valuable?
May be related to (or actually be) niche exploitation. Being able to see the good (or bad) where your peers can't can be advantageous. Not just for themselves, but for any society that so much as notes their insight. I point you in the direction of philanthropic venture capitalism, the stock market, or any pump and dump. To the warlord who knew exactly how to crush his enemies in spirit, not just militarily. Draw it back even further. To the guy who looked in the bush every other starving schmuck had written off.
It's useful, we're a utilitarian species in every sense of the word. We value utility. Not too much, though, you know..won't keep us from cutting out your tongue or burning you alive. Tolerance is the aberation in that respect. There have been alot of people who mouthed off to their society that it just didn't end well for. Most of them, historically. It's only fairly recently that societies have begun to be expected to let dissidents live.
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