DanielLC comments on Is my theory on why censorship is wrong correct? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 12 April 2015 06:46:19AM 5 points [-]

How could a human just "not want" something if they don't believe that something is inherent evil?

I'm a picky eater. There are a lot of foods that I don't want. But I don't consider them inherently evil.

Swearing decreases my status, which means that I will make less money, which means that I won't be able to afford to buy as many mosquito nets for poor africans, which means that more of them will die of malaria. If I swear, evil things will happen, but it's not the swearing itself that's evil.