Comment on Open Thread: April 2010, Part 2

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:51:58 GMT

You've presented a canned NIMBY opinion,

I guess you can call it that. In my own words I say I am applying a general principle, namely the harm principle to a specific case. I find the harm principle intuitively moral and when applied to a society it describes the kind of place I would like to live in. I don't really go for unified normative theories but the harm principle is consistent with most deontological ethics, a excellent rule of thumb for consequentialists (which is why Mill is the guy who named it), those who follow this rule posses the virtue "tolerance" and it is the bedrock of the liberal political order. Edit: Oh, and contractualism. I might be someone with preferences that others will find obscene so it is in my interest to agree to this principle. Indeed, I have preferences that others probably find obscene so I don't have a lot of trouble thinking this way.

Is the statement 'crush videos aren't morally wrong' falsifiable?

I'm not a moral realist. I'm expressing my preference that people be free to fulfill their preferences so long as they don't hurt anyone.

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