(February 9, 2010 at 4:36 pm)theVOID Wrote: I don't believe there are objective moral truths, I only believe in social morality, a consensus amongst society at a given time that states what is and what is not an acceptable way to behave to keep your place in society and receive the benefits.
But it's tricky, because I also believe in individual morals, what you do to yourself or with others in consensual exchanges in private residence is entirely up to you, whether it be drugs, sex, music, art etc.
So individual laws are for the individual to decide and is shouldn't be up for debate, nobody should have the right to decide what isolated individual behavior someone else should have, but this stops at the point of interaction with the rest of society, where social law comes into play and is decided by consensus.
Was that what you wanted to know?
Yes, that is the sort of thing I wanted to know.
Based on what you said, does that mean that if a majority group of a society was ok with killing members of a minority group in that same society (consensus reached in the society overall based on the majority group) and made it legal do to so, that you would be ok with such killing?
(February 9, 2010 at 4:36 pm)theVOID Wrote: Okay, and why do you believe i have a vested interest and what might it be? I assure you i don't have a vested interest, i would lose nothing financially or socially by leaving that position, but you obviously think differently so i'd like to know why.
I listed my reasons after I made the statement and you addressed them. I have nothing more to offer on this issue.
(February 9, 2010 at 4:36 pm)theVOID Wrote: There isn't any evidence showing dragons do not exist either, so i do not disbelieve in Dragons because i can prove they don't exist, i disbelieve because there is no reason to believe they do exist, I don't live my life as if there might be dragons out there.
I see what you are saying. Thanks.
