That assumes human beings are intellectual information processors Even Spock from Star Trek had his boiling point (his mom I tk)
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If pillowcases suddenly became the fashion, I'd see no moral objection providing it covered the bits required to be covered.
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I see. So you would impose a moral obligation to cover the ears, yes?
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What do you mean? That is not the law, is it? Genitals are.
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That's just an arbitrary social construct attached to sexuality. Could just as easily have been the ears (may have forgotten
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Well, sexuality being connected to genitals is not entirely arbitrary! But norms around it are. Just needs to be consistent.
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I think I've said that I'm not a moral relativist. The same rules and freedoms must apply to all.
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Very few principles (can't think of any) apply in all contexts
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There's more to morality than Care/Harm (see Haidt)
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Yes, I know. But I don't have to find sacred what other ppl do.eg religion. I find liberal, secular democracy sacred.
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I do have the 'disgust' and 'loyalty to tradition' thing associated with the Right quite strongly but don't expect others to.
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That tends to be typical of us western liberals. Not with most of the rest of the world though
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Yes, I know. I like western liberalism. I want to defend it.
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And some of those beliefs and values impinge on freedom and liberties that liberals hold sacred, like gobshites with painted...
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Conservatives can impinge on their own freedoms and liberties (if there is a difference) but not on mine.
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