I wonder how Addiction matters. I'm addicted to asthma medication. but that's not something people worry about. manintheboat's dad is addicted to alcohol, and a lot of people worry a lot about that. Where on this line does caffeine fall? and why? I ask because N's dad's alcohol problem is a medication system, in a similar way to my asthma medication: it serves a purpose in his life, and *he* doesn't think being an alcoholic is a problem any more than I think being an inhaled-bronchiodilator addict is a problem. So there's a societal/moral aspect to addiction, that is (or should be? maybe?) separate from the behavior of an individual.
We're awfully willing to condemn people for doing stuff that *we* see as a choice (and hence a moral weakness on their part.) But we're also awfully willing to rationalize our own behaviors.
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We're awfully willing to condemn people for doing stuff that *we* see as a choice (and hence a moral weakness on their part.) But we're also awfully willing to rationalize our own behaviors.