I asked what was the definition of "degeneracy." Is it Dynamicism? Any change is degeneracy? If so, you are in for a for of disappointment.
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Replying to @heliosnous @eigenrobot
Why should you care about other people's sex lives?
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Replying to @AmbiguityForm
I think the story I would tell is like this. Lots of behaviors are socially undesirable. Say hitting yourself in the face with a hammer.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @AmbiguityForm
What we think of as vices are a subclass of socially-undesirable behaviors that have the side effect of benefitting the actor in some way.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @AmbiguityForm
These are singled out because they are behaviors that might plausibly occur, unlike
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Replying to @eigenrobot @AmbiguityForm
But as most actions they are not categorically socially harmful. Wrath in battle, lust in marriage, avarice in working hard at a trade.
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Most fighting over degeneracy etc seems to be about deciding where helpful/harmful lines are drawn, less about behavior categorically. Fin.
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