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Some of us who had shitty childhoods would agree that filial piety and nurturing caregivers are good things even though we had neither.
by GloomyBoots 3y ago
Some of us who had shitty childhoods would agree that filial piety and nurturing caregivers are good things even though we had neither.
- meepmorp 3y agoNot that not it's not nice to have, but in the particular context of the thread it was presented as a component of how to define what constitutes a functional person. Filial piety, owing respect ones parents, strikes me as quite different from things like being able to clothe and feed oneself, bathe regularly, and do productive work. Do you think that's a reasonable expectation for everyone?
- GloomyBoots 3y agoNo, I agree. I think it’s unlike the others in that it’s a virtue and not just a basic life skill. I just disagreed with what I perceived to be a knee-jerk aversion to a virtue because it doesn’t apply in some circumstances.