Obviously, there are moral standards by which human sacrifice is ok. The problem arises when someone tries to construe humanist moral standards (antiracism etc.) to justify human sacrifice as acceptable "in the right context". There exist different, incompatible moral standards.
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Replying to @Plinz @sonyaellenmann
It seems to come down to a Kegan 5 discussion. Can you "unsee" your values, and understand that values are constructed rather than intrinsic (nothing has value by itself), that they are chosen, and how picking different values contributes to different social regulation?
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Replying to @Plinz @sonyaellenmann
cultural/moral relativism of that severity is a great example of what David calls "the stage 4.5 nihilist trap"
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Replying to @danlistensto @sonyaellenmann
This is not nihilism. Nihilists don't try to resolve interpretations of history by imposing a "conversation" on an imaginary audience of morally synchronized peers. That's solid Kegan 3.
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Replying to @Plinz @sonyaellenmann
I disagree. Moral relativism is absolutely nihilism. Constructing an apologia for a brutal practice from a different culture on some level requires you to believe that *nothing* is sufficient to form a universal moral standard.
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The Kegan 3 position is like that of the original conquistadors. They had an overwhelmingly strong culturally endorsed imperative to do what they were doing so they never questioned the ethics of it. Modern cultural anthropology is an attempt to review this at Kegan 4.
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Replying to @danlistensto @sonyaellenmann
It is very tempting to think of people not sharing your values as having a lower stage of mental development, isn’t it.
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Is there a name for the fallacy where one thinks that people with different ethics must surely be less self aware?
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