Purity code disgust reactions refer to personal preferences, and moral arguments refer to things that are morally wrong in terms of society. You don't want to see your parents making love, and maybe you might feel the same for two men - but you would argue that the latter's purity code disgust bleeds into our perception of what is also morally wrong [[Diogenes]] flipped the script though: - provoked disgusted reactions but was not doing anything immoral - searched in places (marketplace) with purity code intact even though people were immoral (trying to milk money from people, lying) - Criticizing polite social interactions since they were impure - similar to socializing at work in a way - Instead, he recommends to replace reactions of disgust with moral reflection on our actions, to actually question our reactions To try and promote superficial values that arent foundational, these purity codes are upheld through shame: ![[After Socrates Episode 9 - Metanoia Dr. John Vervaeke#^9yguj3]]