Re:I love the Victorian era. So I decided to live in it
by javert on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @09:21PM
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I am sympathetic to your argument, but would take it farther.
A person has no obliation to others, whatsoever, period.
Anyone who disagrees would have to overcome the burden of proof.
(Which you can't, by the way, since I know things that would contradict a positive argument for obligation to others as it is generally conceived.)
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Practically everybody makes moral assumptions purely based on emotions, possibly with some post-hoc rationalizations.
But our emotions didn't have to be what they were---they vary between time periods, cultures, and individuals. Emotions are the product of premises that one has accepted, rationally or (for the most part today) irrationally.
A person has no obliation to others, whatsoever, period.
Anyone who disagrees would have to overcome the burden of proof.
(Which you can't, by the way, since I know things that would contradict a positive argument for obligation to others as it is generally conceived.)
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Practically everybody makes moral assumptions purely based on emotions, possibly with some post-hoc rationalizations.
But our emotions didn't have to be what they were---they vary between time periods, cultures, and individuals. Emotions are the product of premises that one has accepted, rationally or (for the most part today) irrationally.