This all gets very complicated.https://twitter.com/transscribe/status/906534622175092737 …
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That seems to me like the naturalistic fallacy. It means that we need to understand them to reduce misunderstanding & accommodate them.
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But we can & should work out between us which of them to base society on & which to understand & make accommodation for in individual lives
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Sanctity/degradation, in particular, seems to me like something it's useful to understand in ourselves for the purpose of overcoming it.
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'Yes, I feel disgusted by this but does that make it morally wrong? Can I justify making laws around it using anything but my intuitions?'
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Reminds me of Bernard Levin, sometime in the 80s, insisting that opera was highest form of art because it has poetry AND singing AND music.
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Sorry - that should be poetry, drama and music. But, basically, greatness measured by number of ingredients.
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Yes, singing is usually considered part of music. Except why I do it.

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*when*
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I think I prefer the version with "why". Somehow suggestive of layers of meaning (not in a JP kind of way!).
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