RE: Evil
August 30, 2015 at 5:19 am
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2015 at 5:23 am by robvalue.)
It's not so much revolting as it useless. An exhaustive list of what is moral, immoral or neither is arbitrary. If that is all morality is, then it might as well be blue, red and yellow actions. Morality isn't about truth, it's about judgement. Or at least, it should be.
My definition of personal morality is studying the consequences of actions. If the objective morality tells me that rape is moral, why should I care? What use is that?
People will say rape can't be on the moral list, because it is immoral. But how do we determine it is immoral? Through consequences.
We may be talking about two entirely different uses of the word "morality". To begin with, we can't possibly agree on what is moral until we agree on what is important. For example, if I say human life is not important, we are screwed. How exactly do you determine who is right, objectively? Neither of us are.
My definition of personal morality is studying the consequences of actions. If the objective morality tells me that rape is moral, why should I care? What use is that?
People will say rape can't be on the moral list, because it is immoral. But how do we determine it is immoral? Through consequences.
We may be talking about two entirely different uses of the word "morality". To begin with, we can't possibly agree on what is moral until we agree on what is important. For example, if I say human life is not important, we are screwed. How exactly do you determine who is right, objectively? Neither of us are.
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