He's channelling Foucault. Never channel Foucault. https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/860234736563765249 …
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Maybe I don't know what 'social construct' means. Does it imply that it must be entirely arbitrary?
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'Dependent on culture' if you prefer,
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Well, the legal system does depend on culture, but culture depends on human behaviour. So they're not exclusive.
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Exactly. Some surface mores change but our moral emotions continue to guide our sense of right & wrong & so our law.
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I'd say reason is just as important, but we've had this argument too many times. Besides, you always give evolution credit for reason.
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Yes, that's a different point and I'm not excluding reason from the equation. Reason can be applied to everything.
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And yes, I think we evolved the ability to reason because there is every reason to think this is a product of higher brain function.
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Even I will concede that we evolved brains which are capable of reason.
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