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> When did we forget that personal preference an entirely sufficient reason to make a personal choice? I don't think anyone is forcing anyone to do anything. I
by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
> When did we forget that personal preference an entirely sufficient reason to make a personal choice?
I don't think anyone is forcing anyone to do anything. If you want to smoke cigarettes, you have the license to do so. But that doesn't mean there aren't objective reasons no to do so.
Generally speaking, preferences aren't beyond scrutiny or axiomatic, or outside rational consideration. If a preference is meaningfully harmful (dark mode probably does not qualify), then in a rational person it tends to shift accordingly once the harmfulness is understood. Stubborn irrational preferences (like those that involve addiction) may require some effort or intervention to recondition them to conform with our objective good. At the very least, we ought to avoid indulging them.
- swayvil 4y agoThe independent thinker is an irrational addict. And the healthy intelligent person invariably conforms to the consensus. Is that how it is?
- antifa 4y ago> I don't think anyone is forcing anyone to do anything. Au contraire, the problem is literally that we are forcing people. People are claiming medical issues (on both sides), too, so this is probably going to end up in some future debates about accessibility rules/laws. You have the right to put a flashlight up to your eyes for 8 hours/day, you do not have the same right to do this to me.