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Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:37PM (#39235407)
Empirical observation is only a way to determine what is, and not what could be.

Since we know that human behavior ("nature") is substantively malleable, we need to know what could be, not merely what is.

Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro... by jimbokun on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:50PM (#39235534)
That's the problem.

It's not ethical to perform experiments on human subjects without their explicit consent.

That's why the Institutional Review Board was created:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board

You can't just perform experiments on large groups of people to see what will happen.

Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:54PM (#39235567)
So in short, neither you nor I know what human nature is, and thus setting up criteria for social organization on whether it aligns with "human nature" is impossible, and a foolish goal.