to all the ppl saying that disgust is a good indicator of morality, u do realize that anti-gay, anti-abortion, etc. people are morally disgusted by it, right?
"don't question my moral disgust" is a really useful thing to believe if you don't wanna change your mind
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Do you believe in morality? Weird to have indicators good or bad for fake things.
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i'm a moral nihilist i think, i also like indicators for things you want/don't want or true/fake things, as far as that goes disgust is a pretty limited indicator
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I would never had invented the idea that disgust = morality from my own experience. Because morality is basically the thing that helps me to peacefully coexist with things that disgust me. I perceive acting on my disgust as immoral.
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Seems reasonable to deduce that they are related but not equivalent and that that relationship would be specific to the case. Disgust at seeing someone eat rotten meat could easily be seen as related to a moral imperative not to want people, or by projection oneself, to become>
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Seems reasonable to deduce that they are related but not equivalent and that that relationship would be specific to the case. Disgust at seeing someone eat rotten meat could easily be seen as related to a moral imperative not to want people, or by projection oneself, to become>
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sick. If that disgust partially then motivates you to find suitable food to provide for said person you have behaved morally and the relationship between disgust and morality seems worth considering.
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Disgust is a learned behaviour. Kids find poo funny, they'd paint with it. It's far less base than you'd think
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Aren't there scientific studies that show that higher levels of disgust relate to religiosity?
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The gold-standard in-depth academic text on this Martha Nussbaum’s Hiding from Humanity. TLDR: disgust is highly fallible and has no basis as either part of a moral or legal system.
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