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Shouldn’t (Bad)</br> | Shouldn’t (Bad)</br> | ||
Mustn’t (Unthinkable)</br> | '''Mustn’t''' (Unthinkable)</br> | ||
Can’t (Illegal) | '''Can’t''' (Illegal) | ||
If broadly celebrating political murder of national figures is merely “Shouldn’t”, we will end up with “Can’t”. | If broadly celebrating political murder of national figures is merely “Shouldn’t”, we will end up with “Can’t”. | ||
Free speech is **all** about “Mustn’t”. | '''Free speech is **all** about “Mustn’t”.''' | ||
We bet all of society on “Mustn’t”. | '''We bet all of society on “Mustn’t”.''' | ||
It’s hard to remember how many times I’ve had to say this. It’s like we don’t understand and teach our own culture’s particularly American genius. | It’s hard to remember how many times I’ve had to say this. It’s like we don’t understand and teach our own culture’s particularly American genius. | ||
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The so-called “Naturalistic Fallacy” may be just that. But we should probably rapidly reconsider the wisdom of trying to get rid of it. Or even pointing it out at scale. | The so-called “Naturalistic Fallacy” may be just that. But we should probably rapidly reconsider the wisdom of trying to get rid of it. Or even pointing it out at scale. | ||
Said differently, assume that society may have previously used religion and/or nature to create a coordinated sense of “ought”, “must” and “mustn’t”. | Said differently, '''assume that society may have previously used religion and/or nature to create a coordinated sense of “ought”, “must” and “mustn’t”.''' | ||
In the absence of both, there is no coordinating source. And we may need one or the other to coordinate a needed sense of obligation. | In the absence of both, there is no coordinating source. And we may need one or the other to coordinate a needed sense of obligation. | ||