You're asking for evidence that cultivating good behavior that requires a certain amount of effort is good for people?
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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Why is it about virtue? It should be about maximizing the well-being of the individual.
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So whether or not porn is good depends on the individual and the context. That is the point.
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How is this to be enforced practically? Should parents sort their teenaged kids into the rapey ones and the smart, good ones and then tell the rapey kids to watch as much porn as possible while the good ones can focus on other things?
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Studying population genetics is probably a good start.
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