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0 pointsaprilthird20211y ago0 comments

Moral relativism is a very individualistic idea. It very much enables a highly individualistic society.

> I never wanted to do meth because meth tweekers were disgusting and had the lowest social standing. My aversion wasn't from of pro social behavior, it was rooted in self-interest.

Self-interest is not sacrificed for group interest in non-individualistic societies. Rather self-interest and group interest are aligned in such societies.

So, as an example, you didn't want to do meth, but you didn't think it your place to police the tweakers you saw. You didn't see them as a harm to society. And your self-interest was not the same as the interests of society.

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s1artibartfast1y ago

I think we each may take a lot of baggage into the ideas and term individualistic and would probably be better served with a more specific term. From my persecutive, the amount of self sacrifice required is synonymous with the level of individualism.

I think that individualism-collectivism is on one axis, and permissive vs strict expectations is on a different axis.

I think that depends highly on the non-individualistic society in question, but I take your point.

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