PHIL101-YYouPPHard
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- Jan 11, 2022
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What? No. There's no such thing as being born with strong moral values (or with some cartoon concept of "dark personality") because then we wouldn't be spending literal thousands of years debating what is moral, to the point of literally fighting and killing over the arguments which particular religion got it "right". How do you reconcile this idea with the fact that mere century or two back it was perfectly reasonable for "most people" to sexually abuse and murder people which were considered inferior species and only good as a property of those "above" them?
Moral values are taught, and as such they are not permanent in people. People change views and morals, either due to experiences or because they're taught something that resonates with them more.
Because it's absurd that doesn't stand in the face of reality.
So, let's see. Guy with newfound wealth and feeling of power makes sense to you if he immediately abuses the first girl he comes across. But it's somewhat totally inconsistent and implausible if he only finds this courage to perform such actions towards second (or third) girl he meets, because he's chickened out with the first one (or two)? Somehow, if you aren't confident right from the get-go, it is unbelievable that you'd find this courage a little bit later?
Guy who doesn't start raping as soon as he thinks he can doesn't need to be "normal". He can be just cautious. Or a bit of a coward. None of this is implausible, and what you're doing is a mistake of presuming his base personality ("normal" vs "always had it in him") based on just 1-2 actions.
EDIT: ok, I think I'm finally going to make a strong mental note for the future: don't get into arguments with the guy who had to have the weirdness of incest explained to him.
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