RE: What does morality mean to you?
September 16, 2015 at 9:59 am
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2015 at 10:10 am by paulpablo.)
I'd say the morality of can action can be justifiably judged on both intentions and outcomes. But I also think morality can be judged on neither outcomes or intentions.
Examples of judging morality based on outcomes rather than by intentions are situations like if someone is drunk while driving, or speeding.
It's very rare for a drunk driver to have the intention of causing an accident or killing someone but I would say drinking a lot of alcohol before driving, no matter what the intention is or what the outcome happens to be, is immoral.
If the driver intends to get home safe and not kill anyone and he does get home safe and not kill anyone I still think it's immoral to drink and drive and take that risk.
There are obviously cases where it doesn't make sense to judge the morality of an action based on consequences, in the case of genuine accidents, technical faults.
And obviously an action wouldn't be judged to be good morally just based on an intention either, you wouldn't say the man who intended to clean the streets by killing prostitutes had the wrong idea but the actions were morally good because the intention was good.
Examples of judging morality based on outcomes rather than by intentions are situations like if someone is drunk while driving, or speeding.
It's very rare for a drunk driver to have the intention of causing an accident or killing someone but I would say drinking a lot of alcohol before driving, no matter what the intention is or what the outcome happens to be, is immoral.
If the driver intends to get home safe and not kill anyone and he does get home safe and not kill anyone I still think it's immoral to drink and drive and take that risk.
There are obviously cases where it doesn't make sense to judge the morality of an action based on consequences, in the case of genuine accidents, technical faults.
And obviously an action wouldn't be judged to be good morally just based on an intention either, you wouldn't say the man who intended to clean the streets by killing prostitutes had the wrong idea but the actions were morally good because the intention was good.
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