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To see the viciousness in an act of murder, we must examine
{ 1 } - how our five senses perceive the act; we'll then see the viciousness, just as we see the murder weapon.
{ 2 } - how our society reacts emotionally to such actions.
{ 3 } - our feelings -- our emotional reactions.
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To see the viciousness in an act of murder, we must examine
{ 1 } - how our five senses perceive the act; we'll then see the viciousness, just as we see the murder weapon.
{ 2 } - how our society reacts emotionally to such actions.
{ 3 } - our feelings -- our emotional reactions.
We can't literally perceive the viciousness through our five senses. To experience the viciousness, we must look to our own emotional reactions.
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To see the viciousness in an act of murder, we must examine
{ 1 } - how our five senses perceive the act; we'll then see the viciousness, just as we see the murder weapon.
{ 2 } - how our society reacts emotionally to such actions.
{ 3 } - our feelings -- our emotional reactions.
This is cultural relativism -- and makes moral judgments into claims about society. This isn't Hume's view.
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To see the viciousness in an act of murder, we must examine
{ 1 } - how our five senses perceive the act; we'll then see the viciousness, just as we see the murder weapon.
{ 2 } - how our society reacts emotionally to such actions.
{ 3 } - our feelings -- our emotional reactions.
Hume thinks that the word "vicious" expresses our feelings.
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