Hey, do you like gay people? Me too! But I didn't used to; I grew up in an isolated culture that taught me gayness was a sin. I even developed a disgust reaction to gays; their immorality was obvious and gross. Eventually I left and figured out being gay was fine. But my-
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This is one of my major maxims in life
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Agreed, disgust fascinates me, I come from a religion in India where we are inculcated in vegetarianism from birth, I have seen people vomit at the sight of a meat dish, that feeling of disgust for any thing is pretty hard thing to overcome.
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1/3: I have a question for you to explore, respectfully. And I’m seriously asking you to explore the question, I’m not trying to be snide or allude to any conclusion. What would you say about a persons “disgust reaction” to the prospect of incest?
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2/3: Let’s say, hypothetically that one day in the future you (or anyone reading this) have a grown son and a daughter. One day they come to you and confess they are in love and want to get married.
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Eels are, indeed, quite unreliable
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IMO, disgust doesnt really even need to be scrutinized. The answer is always the same: "No, it isn't a good moral authority." At best, disgust will occasionally point you in the same direction as your sense of compassion or fairness. It's best to ignore it for moral questions.
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Not to say that it's not valuable to introspect about what makes you feel disgust.
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What helped you to change?
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Still doing the morality thing, eh? You don't need it, no one does. "Right and wrong" are just lies people tell themselves, and try to force on others. Just act in the interest of yourself and the people you have an emotional bond with ...You'll be way happier
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