Taking the moral lowground….
[b]DaleckTek[/b]
quote[quote]It’s not like it’s just some book by Myers (and that is how it’s spelled), it’s a textbook. So it’s essentially just reporting the findings of others and the beliefs of the psychological community as a whole.[/quote]
That’s an argument from authority. It really dosen’t matter what the ‘psychological community as a whole’ thinks, what matters is the evidence.
quote[quote]It’s to prevent overpopulation. I’ve been reading these essays by Richard Harter and Jared Diamond that say that it is generally accepted that our concepts of morality are inherited instincts[/quote]
‘Generally accepted’ is another argument from authority. I’d be interested in seeing evidence for this claim, as would [b]Aleck[/b]. But you’ve yet to provide anything beyond ‘my textbook says’ that I know of.
[b]Aleck[/b] Myer’s motives are irrelevent.
Now Zev’s shower scene (and her dialog with Stan) is essential to develop Zev’s character,
1 that she’s capable of free choice in her partners,
2 that her needs are ‘beyond measurement’,
3 that she’s not ‘settling’ on Stan,
4 it shows her character, fiercely uncompromising and brash.Somone made the point that they’d rather let their kids watch that than the scene with Lex G’s brain being cut out. I agree, even if I don’t have kids.