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Re:US Senate bill on “any digital exchanger or tumbler of di... by derefr on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:38PM (#14566504)
Social mores in one particular culture said that. We don't look at what particular cultures think when trying to figure out what morality is. Instead, we look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_universal s — beliefs shared by every culture across every time period, even ones completely disconnected from outside contact for millenia.
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Re:US Senate bill on “any digital exchanger or tumbler of di... by aaron-lebo on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:42PM (#14566518)
Ok, so what out of that link isn't incredibly abstract?

Special speech for special occasions

You want to define that?

* Toys, playthings

* Death rituals, mourning

* Feasting

* Body adornment

* Hairstyles

* Art

It's a good thing toys and art are culturally universal, but they don't say a thing about morals. It's just that it's hard to think of many things that are actually universally accepted as moral. Even lying is acceptable in various religions in different contexts. We as societies can't even agree on what is and isn't murder or if it's acceptable.

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