What IS good, and how do we determine it?

[Catholic_Lady]

Lol, trust me I know exactly how you feel.

Lol??  This is a laughing matter to you?  We're talking about rape and murder and horrible things in general, and you see fit to lol?

Just to clarify, I do not think rape and murder are funny. I was just trying to make light of the fact that you and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum and yet are feeling the same frustration right now.

Truth is Becca, you and I just disagree on the anatomy of the whole thing. You see objective acts and personal culpability as being one, indistinguishable thing. I see them as being 2 separate things. Which makes sense, because I believe in God, and you don't.

"Objective acts"?  What does that even mean?

By that I mean the isolated act itself, separated from who did it or under what circumstances.

At the end of the day, we were both able to come to the same conclusion about the woman in your story... which is really all that matters as far as we're concerned. The conclusion being that she should be found innocent of the crime of murder, and that her culpability is eliminated.

The "woman in [my] story" was my piano teacher for years; I spent a lot of time with her little boy, and I knew her husband fairly well.  My parents played Bridge with them, and when she left the hospital after two years (she wasn't found "innocent", rather "guilty but mentally ill"), she went to amusement parks and lunches and parties with us. How do you feel about your glib responses?  Are they objectively moral?
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Well I am glad we are able to agree that her culpability is eliminated. She sounds like a good person.

As for my responses, I am sorry for the "lol". I see that it was insensitive of me and I did not mean to offend you. I have shared my views to the best of my abilities. I am sorry if I was not gentle enough in addressing them.