Throwing a half-formed idea out there for feedback.
For the past few decades, or perhaps even centuries, it seems younger people have consistently been right in their position on social issues. Perhaps society should take that into account, and weigh their opinions more heavily. Right now, this would mean that gay marriage, marijuana legalization, abortion, etc would all very quickly become legal (In the US at least).
Possible counterarguments:
Younger people haven't been right, they merely won the demographic battle and had their way. Current norms are worse than traditional ones.
Younger people haven't been consistently right. They support bad ideas as often as any other group but those are rejected and forgotten.
Younger people have been consistently right, but this trend may not continue.
Younger people have been consistently right, and this will continue to be so, but it's still a terrible idea to privilege their opinions.
Thoughts?
I'm Against Moral Progress. I don't think moral progress the way we usually talk about it is well founded. We observe moral change, then we decide since past moral change made values ever more like our present values on average, something that is nearly a tautology, the process itself must be good, despite us having no clear understanding of how it works.
Such confusion fogs many people on a similar process, evolution, having noticed they like opposable thumbs and that over time past hominids have come to resemble present hominids ever more they often imag...
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