u/entre_prey_manuer8

I wanted to highlight what I think is a deep relationship between contemporary morality -- in particular moral sentiment -- and human reverence. I think there is reason to think much ordinary moral practice, speech, ad sentiment is reaction to or a result of reverence for humans and sacrifices. Take christian religious morality, while metaphysically grounded in commands from God, is psychologically and sentimentally grounded in reverence for God and especiallyJesus and his sacrifice on the cross. This explains the deep reaction and disapprobation of someone's character by christians when people make jokes about his crucifixion (e.g Jesus walked into a brothel with 3 nails and said who want to nail me?). Non-christians also balk at jokes regarding Jesus, precisely citing irreverence, and also irreverence toward people's deep beliefs.

In general religious morality strikes me as deeply connected with reverence for the divine or sacrifice, and so it seems that there is a deep connection between morality and reverence in the modern world. It may change and become ratiocinative (e.g utilitarian, end suffering because it's a moral fact that pain is bad), but right now especially among the working class masses I think reverence is the basis for moral feeling and practice.

National wages, including minimum wage would increase dramatically, and working conditions would improve. Why? Because if people could choose not to accept current working terms and conditions without losing shelter, privacy, food, or hygiene, many would and employers would have to raise wages or improve working conditions to get workers. In other words, worker bargaining power would go up, it would be a workers market, and the country's workplace would dramatically improve overall.

There is already 24/7 security personnel and of course legal sanction for safety concerns. If safety were the issue, then homelessness wouldn't be allowed, as it decreases life expectancy by 20 and 30 years (42-56 life expectancy). For these reasons safety doesn't strike me as the real issue. Integrating men and women could foster cooperation for upward mobility, and take away the sense of imprisonment for law-abiding people.

I learned segregation should be opposed, and like war and other violent crimes on a mass-scale always are justified by "safety." Integrate unhoused people!