Lots of people
1) do things in computer role-playing games they wouldn’t actually do, for moral reasons (example: murdering a village full of innocents with magical fire)
2) do things in sexual fantasies they wouldn’t actually do, for moral reasons (example: asserting control over another human being through physical violence)
3) imagine things in their daily lives they [...]
A common argument is that feeling bad is a warning sign of moral error, without which you might not be aware something is wrong. This is often described as a “twinge of conscience” –
Imagine two individuals. One is a Dedicated Nazi, who is sure Jews are vermin. The other is a Conflicted Nazi, who has [...]
A redditor is sad he got dumped and asks for an analogy that has been made before to be posted:
I know a girl who broke up with a guy and she told him she wanted to “still be friends.” He said, “No thanks.” She wondered why he couldn’t fall back to being just friends after [...]
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People think certain traits are inherent, even when they cause harm.
Why? Sometimes genes are blamed. Sometimes no real explanation is put forth.
Examples: A person who eats to excess might blame genes. A person who has a temper, and knows this is bad, may say “that’s just the way I am.”
Sometimes people will deny that [...]
There are various theories as to what sort of state humans should try and get themselves in. This probably asks the wrong question (we should expect that people will wind up in a good mental state by solving problems, and focus on doing that, not the end result), but one approach seems worth talking about.
The [...]