I find it strange that you feel evolutionary causation is adequate to justify something, but I guess I won’t question that.
Not justify: instead, explain. I understood that previously, handoflixue felt that status was dirty, but in understanding it has come to feel that it’s just part of human nature (for most people, as the post points out).
Not sure I agree; people are often asked to justify their decisions—to argue their choice was better than another, and calling those arguments an explanation feels like we’re stretching the definition of ‘explain’.
Not justify: instead, explain. I understood that previously, handoflixue felt that status was dirty, but in understanding it has come to feel that it’s just part of human nature (for most people, as the post points out).
I disagree. Justification is the act of explaining something in a way that makes it seem less dirty.
Not sure I agree; people are often asked to justify their decisions—to argue their choice was better than another, and calling those arguments an explanation feels like we’re stretching the definition of ‘explain’.