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Originally Posted by CPHoya
I sometimes think that the label "sociopath" has been co-opted to mean any non-procreation and non-familial-fidelity oriented view of the world.
morality, ethics, guilt, etc. are definitely tools that society uses to force people to obey the rules of society. And they're doubly effective because people internalise them and thus society doesn't even need to do anything.
but equally, we're social animals, we thrive in communities, and some degree of common ground is necessary for that to work at all. A lot of social rules are idiotic, a lot of things we're supposed to feel bad about are idiotic, but
at the end of the day i do feel that weighing other people's outcomes within our own decisions, as difficult as it is, leads to a better outcome for all.