It would be idiotic to come up with an evidence based theory of morality based on social psych research given that hardly anything ever replicates. My point is that you're demanding evidence for the fundamentals of nearly all virtue ethics with the implication that anyone who
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Replying to @ad_captandum2 @hbdchick and
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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Replying to @ad_captandum2 @hbdchick and
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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Replying to @ad_captandum2 @Hereditarian98 and
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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Replying to @bobj0n123 @Hereditarian98 and
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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Replying to @ad_captandum2 @Hereditarian98 and
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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Replying to @ad_captandum2 @Hereditarian98 and
Studying population genetics is probably a good start.
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