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Idk man if you think strong disgust is enough to justify not questioning a moral intuition then you can get away with not questioning a whole lot of things.

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Charles Fain Lehman

@CharlesFLehman

Dec 1, 2020

seems like one of those cases where we should start with the assumption that our moral intuitions are correct, idk

10:47 PM · Dec 1, 2020

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Necrophilia is likely to cause immense psychological suffering to family members of the ‘victim’. That’s not a moral intuition.

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Yeah, causing suffering to other people seems really unpleasant, and if necrophilia causes suffering then it seems like a good idea to not do it!

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To be fair that’s how 95% of the world reaches their moral conclusions.

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Your subjective experience of the world is governed by emotions, intuitions and human bias. Embracing them into your worldview allows for a more harmonious existence where you're less 'mind' and more 'person'

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Yeah questioning moral intuition is pretty valuable I think, even if you don't change your position at the end. Always good to evaluate your personal biases and where they come from.

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Idk, I think the strong disgust is a very good guide. Everything is logically assailable and I just think the arguments against it that anyone could make with a few minutes of thought outweigh the ones for it.

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Using Consent as a baseline, then yes it's wrong. Unless there was some contract between two people prior to the deceased passing that decreed consent, then we can conclude it's wrong.

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Say a person has extensively examined a moral intuition with strong disgust associated, found it essentially sound, and ultimately regrets the mental cost of the experience. How should they help save others the journey? Thoughts have costs.