> Seems to me that you've demonstrated clearly through the course of the discussion that individual definitions of "badness" differ substantially enough for there to be significant disagreement.
The claim I stated that that started this thread was, that different definitions of badness are accompanied by different but respective definitions of misuse.
> Here you are making the same case yourself.
Yes? I used a word having some meaning in mind, you interpreted it with a different meaning, which obviously doesn't work. You pointed that out, so I pointed out, that that was not the meaning of the word I was using it for.
> I can see the rhetorical corner you're attempting to back the discussion into, and it's a weak position devoid of nuance or understanding.
I think you are over-interpreting me, answering to something I haven't said.
That's what I was answering to, with "Killing others is natural". This is a factual true statement, but you wouldn't accept this as a moral argument in a court. Because animals (including humans) can do and do something, does not mean we want to cater to that as a society. In fact restricting things, that might not even be bad in isolation, is what separates civilization from the undomesticated.
> Self defense, as I pointed out, is a perfectly normal reason to kill someone which is widely accepted as a moral argument in court.
"I (accidentally) killed him, while trying to protect me." is very different from "Oh, killing is just (second) nature to me, I need the daily kick." When you need to have a serious threat to make you do something, then that thing is in fact not your nature.
> I think not.
I pointed out another example of that meaning of the word "nature" and you answered as if I made claims about morality of killing or slaughtering people/animals?
The claim I stated that that started this thread was, that different definitions of badness are accompanied by different but respective definitions of misuse.
> Here you are making the same case yourself.
Yes? I used a word having some meaning in mind, you interpreted it with a different meaning, which obviously doesn't work. You pointed that out, so I pointed out, that that was not the meaning of the word I was using it for.
> I can see the rhetorical corner you're attempting to back the discussion into, and it's a weak position devoid of nuance or understanding.
I think you are over-interpreting me, answering to something I haven't said.
> P.S. drug use is also observed in nature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_drug_use_in_anima...
That's what I was answering to, with "Killing others is natural". This is a factual true statement, but you wouldn't accept this as a moral argument in a court. Because animals (including humans) can do and do something, does not mean we want to cater to that as a society. In fact restricting things, that might not even be bad in isolation, is what separates civilization from the undomesticated.