i'm w/evander here. not only is peterson's advice objectionable 'cause his thinking is pseudoscientific & magical, it's going to result in people suffering when they're unable to follow it (because he assumes all individuals are the same). not everybody CAN keep their room clean.
advocates any sort of cultivation of virtue to people of various levels of ability is, by definition, a charlatan. That's nonsensical.
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i didn't say anything about peterson being a charlatan. he prolly believes what he says. i'm saying that anyone who gives blanket advice to all is simply giving bad advice, because human biodiversity.
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Yeah, you're arguing that cultivating virtue is pointless because everything is genetically determined. So messy people should just not bother cleaning up and parents shouldn't discipline their children. This is obviously much more logical than Peterson's outlandish advice.
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Oh, and everyone should try and watch as much porn as possible to lower rape rates.
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HbdChick didn't i did .Nice strawman. Who said that?
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you argued that Peterson telling people to not watch porn is an example of his dangerous advice?
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She's saying that different people need different advice. Using your example of porn: some people might be more harmed by viewing porn than others. For some, alcohol consumption is ok, for others who are prone to addiction, it might be a problem.
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Actually, the original reason porn was brought up by hereditarian suggested that porn might actually be a virtue in an empirically rooted morality since increased porn consumption lowers rape rates
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Anyway, the idea that we can't come up with a general set of virtues that everyone, regardless of ability, can strive for and benefit from is precisely what I'm objecting to.
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I suppose you would accuse Aristotle of the same thing. Lol.
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