The “duty to listen” could be qualified: We accept the duty to listen to value system V, if and only if V endorses the duty to keep listening. We cultivate an allergy to value systems that forbid further listening. The allergy enables us to consider (some) bad viral value systems, without getting trapped in them.
I suspect there are sneakier forms of bad viral value systems that would trap us without triggering the allergy. I wonder what shape these have.
The “duty to listen” could be qualified: We accept the duty to listen to value system V, if and only if V endorses the duty to keep listening. We cultivate an allergy to value systems that forbid further listening. The allergy enables us to consider (some) bad viral value systems, without getting trapped in them.
I suspect there are sneakier forms of bad viral value systems that would trap us without triggering the allergy. I wonder what shape these have.