If you care because of x value, then you ought to y. The ought does not precede the hypothetical clause.
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But morality is when you ought to care regardless if you actually care or not.
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Wherein you ought to care not because you do care, but because it is a higher, 'sacred' value.
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Which is really great if you lack understanding of nuance in social settings and want to maintain tribal politics.
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Then that higher value, morality, is absolutely necessary. It is a method of subjugation.
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Keeping people in check through guilt mechanisms is a surefire way to maintain a hierarchy.
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Morality is necessary to structural violence -- to in-group/out-group mentality.
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It's hard to dehumanize the other without casting them as evil and it's hard to cast them as evil if you reject it
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That being said, I am amoral. My values are in flux and I have no sin because there is no sin.
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But, you'll continue to dehumanize me and reject my narrative solely due to your instance upon morality.
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Where my lived experiences and understanding are impossible because they don't align to your point of view.
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