Freud located irrationality as what excludes taboo from moral agency

Evidence

According to Freud, not only are no reasons given for taboos, there is also no point in giving reasons for breaking them. This irrationality is what puts taboo prescriptions outside the domain of moral agency. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 461

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clean definition of why taboo sits outside moral agency — the absence of reasons is the criterion.