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> Reason No. 2: The Work is Morally Abhorrent I disagree. It's better in general not to go around judging people's morality, and if you can't manage that, try
by karaterobot 4y ago
> Reason No. 2: The Work is Morally Abhorrent
I disagree. It's better in general not to go around judging people's morality, and if you can't manage that, try to keep your moral judgments to yourself. This situation is exactly what that evidently hated phrase "it's not for me" was invented for.
Banal as it sounds, "it's not for me" has been holding society together for hundreds of years, whereas "you are bad for creating or liking this" has never helped anybody.
> However, an important caveat here--expressing your distaste for a work on moral grounds is a great way to spark a discussion with friends and family members.
Usually it's not a discussion, usually it's a screaming match. Nobody learns anything, nobody changes their mind, everyone becomes their worst self. Our culture is filled with these discussions, I'm tired of them.
- amp108 4y ago> It's better in general not to go around judging people's morality, and if you can't manage that, try to keep your moral judgments to yourself. You do realize that this is, itself, a moralizing statement, don't you? I also suspect nobody really adheres to it, either. People simply say "don't judge other people's morality" because they don't want themselves or others to be judged by the default/most common cultural standards. But as soon as you tell other people to judge or not to judge, well, you're judging.
- karaterobot 4y ago> You do realize that this is, itself, a moralizing statement, don't you? Nope, I thought about that. Morality is about good and evil, not effective or ineffective, productive or unproductive.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoIt would be more precise to tell people to consider that other people have different value systems and that their view is not the standard everyone should be judged by.