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a bad person
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RE: a bad person
My sense of it is that whatever we say, we view morality and immorality as a matter of social function. People who "get" the values of group consensus, and who are willing to abide by a social contract which enforces them, are moral. The particular values don't matter so much as the ability of the human organism to function in that social context.
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a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 10:50 am
RE: a bad person - by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo - December 6, 2015 at 10:59 am
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 11:02 am
RE: a bad person - by rexbeccarox - December 6, 2015 at 11:01 am
RE: a bad person - by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo - December 6, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: a bad person - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2015 at 11:11 am
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 12:44 pm
RE: a bad person - by Homeless Nutter - December 6, 2015 at 1:05 pm
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 1:20 pm
RE: a bad person - by Whateverist - December 6, 2015 at 11:48 am
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: a bad person - by abaris - December 6, 2015 at 11:58 am
RE: a bad person - by Cato - December 6, 2015 at 12:19 pm
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: a bad person - by Minimalist - December 6, 2015 at 1:02 pm
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 1:11 pm
RE: a bad person - by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo - December 6, 2015 at 1:25 pm
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: a bad person - by Pizza - December 6, 2015 at 2:00 pm
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 6, 2015 at 5:08 pm
RE: a bad person - by Whateverist - December 6, 2015 at 7:30 pm
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 7, 2015 at 8:21 pm
RE: a bad person - by bennyboy - December 7, 2015 at 10:22 pm
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 8, 2015 at 7:26 am
RE: a bad person - by bennyboy - December 8, 2015 at 7:54 pm
RE: a bad person - by bennyboy - December 6, 2015 at 9:53 pm
RE: a bad person - by Heat - December 8, 2015 at 1:13 am
RE: a bad person - by TheRealJoeFish - December 8, 2015 at 1:23 am
RE: a bad person - by Sappho - December 8, 2015 at 7:42 am
RE: a bad person - by Neo-Scholastic - December 8, 2015 at 7:59 pm

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