I definately agree with your classifications of instinctive and societal common sense, but I don't necessarily believe that true common sense must transcend all social/provincial lines. "Common," after all, as a term in itself means shared by two or more people. I'm not saying only two people have to be in accordance to make something "common sense" but I think if something is held in general consensus it can still be considered true common sense--albeit for only one large area (eg, eating out of the trash is bad).
Regarding the idea that we discussed in class that "people elsewhere may enjoy running over people with their cars," that seems to be an exception rather than a common rule. But if we were to consider whether such a rule existed in a different culture (something differing from what we see as "right" in the US), that seems to be an argument against moral absolutism, rather than one against common sense.
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Although common can be used to refer to a few people, I use common to refer to humanity as a whole, see "common to all people", at the end of the first paragraph.
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