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Shouldnât (Bad)</br> | Shouldnât (Bad)</br> | ||
Mustnât (Unthinkable)</br> | '''Mustnât''' (Unthinkable)</br> | ||
Canât (Illegal) | '''Canât''' (Illegal) | ||
If broadly celebrating political murder of national figures is merely âShouldnâtâ, we will end up with âCanâtâ. | If broadly celebrating political murder of national figures is merely âShouldnâtâ, we will end up with âCanâtâ. | ||
Free speech is **all** about âMustnâtâ. | '''Free speech is **all** about âMustnâtâ.''' | ||
We bet all of society on âMustnâtâ. | '''We bet all of society on âMustnâtâ.''' | ||
Itâs hard to remember how many times Iâve had to say this. Itâs like we donât understand and teach our own cultureâs particularly American genius. | Itâs hard to remember how many times Iâve had to say this. Itâs like we donât understand and teach our own cultureâs particularly American genius. | ||
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The so-called âNaturalistic Fallacyâ 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 âNaturalistic Fallacyâ 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 âoughtâ, âmustâ and âmustnâtâ. | Said differently, '''assume that society may have previously used religion and/or nature to create a coordinated sense of âoughtâ, âmustâ and âmustnâtâ.''' | ||
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. | ||