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Ep. 14 - Epicureans, Cynics, and Stoics

Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

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Pure Purity Codes Are Designed to Keep Things Running the Way They're Running

Many people who supported blacks during the civil rights movement were subjected to terrific amounts of shaming, even though they didn't experience any guilt in what they were doing. purity codes are designed to keep categorical boundaries that make a culture at a particular historical period run the way it's running. So we have lots of important boundaries that are protected by purity codes. Right? Sometimes they can be against each other, right? You may be made to feel ashamed, even though you're doing something that you believe is morally right.

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