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> not necessarily what people need or is good for them Who gets to decide what people "need" or what is "good for them"?
by Turing_Machine 6y ago
> not necessarily what people need or is good for them
Who gets to decide what people "need" or what is "good for them"?
- jacknews 6y agoThere you go putting ideas in my mouth. I did not say that someone should assume authority and dictate what people need or want. Just that raw free markets with purely economic/financial incentives fail at the task. But nutrition science would be good place to find some answers to the 'need' question for food.
- Turing_Machine 6y ago> I did not say that someone should assume authority and dictate what people need or want. The very idea that there is any sort of universal standard for what people "need" or what is "good for them" implies such an entity. Here's a novel thought: how about treating people as adults with their own intensional stances and allowing them to decide for themselves what they "need" or what is "good for them"? You're not their parent. "Nutrition science" isn't their parent, either.