moral evaluations of addictive substances and activities seem to be based on the often undifferentiated factors of potential harm (to user and society), and addictiveness. this lack of delineation works because a scale that places caffeine at one and crack at the other needs no elucidation, except for pernickety conservatives trying to decide whether to draw the line approving caffeine but not alcohol, or whether irresponsible behaviour begins from nicotine and upwards.
here’s a list of compulsions to consider and complicate: shopping, online-gaming, gambling, masturbation, food.
(and no, the difference isn't simply between the nature of objects versus actions (hence the last item))
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