i mean, sure it's wrong, the foundational reason we have feelings is the evolutionary pressure to regulate away from reproductive risk, but the degree to which it approximates not being wrong is interesting
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sometimes though when you live in a society that society decides that obligation exists independently of your acceptance of it
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such as that their cultural context is one where revealing emotion is commonly done for purposes of control?
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okay, let's break it down. Alice tells Bob that Bob doing X hurts her feelings 1) is Alice attempting to exercise control over Bob? 2) is Bob obligated to stop doing X? 3) if Bob does not stop doing X, is he unfeeling?
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okay. if this is a usable frame for the situation, then no, you are not participating in a social context where feelings are a viable mechanism of control
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