interesting test <\/a>from The Philosophers’ Magazine on “Morality, Taboos and the ‘Yuk Factor.'” Thought-provoking stuff (and no GIFs or JPGs to link to).<\/p>\nI think one of the reasons for the particularly low (permissive) scores is the extent to which I already try to separate my aesthetic from my moral sense. I think it is that confusion, frankly, that leads to a lot of the religious and moral conflict in the world. (I also think that there are differences sometimes between what’s wise and smart, and what’s moral; i.e., there are issues where morality is not present where you can still point to wise and unwise courses. Distinguishing between those different types of “wrong” is also critical.)<\/p>\n
As far as the second two scores, first off, I’m willing to limit society primarily to dealing with what works<\/i>, and put the onus of what’s morally right <\/i>(and the consequences\/punishment\/reward thereof) to God. Society playing God rarely works well (and, I suspect, torques God off). That being the case, often what determines what works <\/i>is what’s expected<\/i>, i.e., what’s been agreed to by a society as a whole. That makes a lot of cross-cultural issues a lot simpler to judge (even if they seem disturbing to me<\/i>).<\/p>\n
My two cents, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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