Philosophy is generally high-level and one does need their words to be applicable in multiple contexts as a result, so I do appreciate that. If I am a...
Although I'm not actually that familiar with TikTok, there has been controversy over its AI gathering data from its user's phones to recommend videos ...
I don't subscribe to the fears about AI outside the context of automation, but the automatic distinction made earlier is significant in understanding ...
The contexts are so different that I would read the same words differently based on whether I thought the context was personal outcomes, societal-leve...
I've been speaking in the context of self-help and personal outcomes. I had thought the last part of your previous comment strange but I failed to mak...
Would you agree that the impact of emphasising fixability on self-image is greater and less manageable than the impact of a balanced approach or empha...
As I said, a model with no way of proving itself wrong can produce a 100% success rate, your analysis is permanently rooted in hindsight. After someth...
Construe the act of replacing a habit, and of not making that effort, as one's choices. There are no contradictions in having a desire to change, enac...
In those quoted statements, I am referring to contexts of a social nature and not a universal one. A moral defence was supposed to have implied a reas...
As I said earlier, where a reasonable person would conclude that their failure to act in a particular way would result in negative consequences, then ...
It probably should've but alas. What is "necessary" and "coerced" relies on interpretation, but generally, morality functions much like truth, if you'...
Self-interest or self-preservation are themes inherent to coercion in general. There are many coercive aspects of morality, and moral themes, such as ...
Like with drugs, these activities are inherently dangerous, and criminalising them compounds the issue. It is crucial to incorporate a reliable legal ...
Thanks for making the effort to understand my argument. Unfortunately, it isn't. I can understand your conclusion, but those four OPs don't give a goo...
His patience is surprising. Your understanding of his position is willfully misrepresentative, you know the position you're interpreting him to have i...
The context is that we were stating the causes for one characterising their moral system as a "personal morality", and that you, or we, have given unf...
Who cares about people discussing things and sharing their opinions, where "agreeing to disagree" is always a viable option, and there's no stigma att...
Thanks. Yes. Moral views should also manifest in what kind of system one would advocate for or oppose, and how they treat others, in ways that constit...
Even if I was immune, I've spent thousands of hours thinking about philosophy, we don't represent the average person, and I am certain that they are u...
Sorry, didn't realise criticising the feminism in this thread was off-limits. It seems like you're intending to ignore my criticism, so I'll stop expe...
If you defined masculinity and listed the merits in terms of ramifications, I'd at least find it interesting. It's farcical to talk about what a "real...
What these terms refer to changes based on context, and your attempt to analyse them without context is pointless. A "man" is just a word, you're deal...
Huh? How do you know it's the result of sexism? If there's no burden on you to prove any wrongdoing that creates the disparity in outcomes, then you'r...
You took a disparity in outcomes and called it sexism. Which is pretty standard. Disparities are not "concrete outworkings of historic and present-day...
A term describing disparities shouldn't have a moral stigma, disparities are only immoral if they're wrong or unfair. If sexism is just disparities, w...
Once upon a time, sexism was an explicit view of the superiority of men over women, and discrimination against women on this basis. Particularly withi...
All I can say is that charlatans are praised the world over. I generally find bias to be healthy, it is good to think of oneself well. But in terms of...
A few reasons, firstly, we cannot read someone's moral compass. Even if there were such moral paragons, we wouldn't be able to sort them from the char...
In my view, capitalism is a borderline meaningless term, especially without context. When we think capitalism, we think of free markets, private prope...
Although your thoughts are almost the opposite of how I think about morality, I do respect your stance. The coercive aspects of morality are integral ...
The relationship between consumption and production is complex, but I lean more towards your conclusion that people must consume. We don't just buy fa...
Was there ever a time in human civilisation, when nice things existed, and people didn't want them? In the world over, farmers toiled the fields becau...
Not all objective morality is the same, and the term "objective" itself varies in meaning, but perhaps you're better off not trying to create an ought...
I see. I got it wrong, I'm as usual, indeed the cynical one here. For me, the effectiveness of culture, morality, law and other corrective influences ...
Okay, I understand now. These issues occur within capitalism and government policies such as ones characteristic of neoliberal capitalism. Businesses ...
You're saying that right & wrong don't define morality, and the terms just describe whether you heed or ignore a legitimate cry for help? Do you ackno...
As I said, personal morality is just morality, and we all live in a society. You're so interested in framing this as my personal failure, but none of ...
Isn't it the same in other countries? Basically, if there's no choice but poverty, then consumerism is unimportant, but if it's an option, it's always...
So right & wrong, fair & unfair, and concepts of justice aren't part of morality? Must this "specific request" for help be answered with a fair & just...
Besides confirmation bias, I'd argue viewers desire biased reporting and see it as not only morally justified but as a moral imperative, and this is t...
I hope it's clear that I do see morality as involving social control, as I have stated in the past and in this OP. I differentiated morality from othe...
Really? You're not discouraging anything? "Listen, this is your life, do with it what you will, I would prefer you to act morally, If you want to do X...
I only asked that you attempt to bring clarity to our discussion... Your response should've helped me to understand what were arguing against instead,...
As many do, you read my title "Morality is Coercive" and created an argument using your interpretation of it. What you've decided that title necessari...
The title is ambiguous by itself. You've interpreted it how you have, and now treat it as a claim to be challenged, but your interpretation of the tit...
I agree morality is a function of will, but it has a social function & effect, and my OP is arguing that this effect is present regardless of whether ...
I made a distinction that lasts only for my argument, to highlight the difference between a view of morality that exists only for oneself and one wher...
In my OP I set out with the understanding of morality as the ability to percieve fairness and things being right/wrong. Thus it's not a choice, or som...
Aren't there political, moral, cultural, economic, social and personal views and ideologies that fall outside the scope of consumerism? Don't people v...
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