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kristopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 02:32 PM
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31. 'Shaming' requires a social foundation...
that doesn't currently exist here. I doubt it can be deliberately created, instead, I think the underlying social consciousness is a product of extreme social upset or it gains ground through an established pathway, such as religion. For example, after a famine, several generations will look at wasted food as a 'sin'.

In any case, I think the moral incentive has to be more widely in place than now before the social pressure has any chance of being effective.
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