The Yuck Factor
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:22 am
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Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:22 am Charles Fethe on the Wisdom of Repugnance.
I think a distinction of what is a learned Yuck factor and one that is a naturally occurring biological response, not the easiest of tasks. Perhaps all YUCK factors are learned?
I think there are some things that would prompt an almost universal "yuck" from people. But I also think that things like the Golden Rule play a significant role as well in how we should approach ethics. For example, things like rape may seem desirable or "non-yucky" to a perpetrator, however, if the perpetrator asks himself if he'd like to be forced into sex against his will, then he would see why he is wrong to do that. So it would be a combination of the "yuck" factor and the golden rule. I think one without the other might not be enough.popeye1945 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:55 pmPhilosophy Now wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:22 am Charles Fethe on the Wisdom of Repugnance.
I think a distinction of what is a learned Yuck factor and one that is a naturally occurring biological response, not the easiest of tasks. Perhaps all YUCK factors are learned?
Yes.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 4:11 pm Interesting article. Is there a firm foundation for taking the "yuck" factor credibly? Could one person's "yuck" just be another person's "hurray"?
But some people like to be so-called 'raped'. So, to them, 'rape' may also seem desirable or so-called 'non-yucky'.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:27 pmI think there are some things that would prompt an almost universal "yuck" from people. But I also think that things like the Golden Rule play a significant role as well in how we should approach ethics. For example, things like rape may seem desirable or "non-yucky" to a perpetrator, however, if the perpetrator asks himself if he'd like to be forced into sex against his will, then he would see why he is wrong to do that.popeye1945 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:55 pmPhilosophy Now wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:22 am Charles Fethe on the Wisdom of Repugnance.
I think a distinction of what is a learned Yuck factor and one that is a naturally occurring biological response, not the easiest of tasks. Perhaps all YUCK factors are learned?
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:27 pm So it would be a combination of the "yuck" factor and the golden rule. I think one without the other might not be enough.
Gary,popeye1945 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:52 pm Gary Childress,
I think there are some things that would prompt an almost universal "yuck" from people. But I also think that things like the Golden Rule play a significant role as well in how we should approach ethics. For example, things like rape may seem desirable or "non-yucky" to a perpetrator, however, if the perpetrator asks himself if he'd like to be forced into sex against his will, then he would see why he is wrong to do that. So it would be a combination of the "yuck" factor and the golden rule. I think one without the other might not be enough.
Now, in the days when this was being written, this was VERY True, and VERY OBVIOUS.popeye1945 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:52 pm As it stands morality is based on different things for different people, a rather hodge-podge situation that generates chaos.