RE: Atheist's killers convicted in Bagladeshi court.
January 1, 2016 at 1:20 pm
(This post was last modified: January 1, 2016 at 1:25 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
I'm almost a pacifist actually. Although killing for self-defence or defense of my loved ones would be something I may have to do and would do as a last resort, it's not something I consider necessarily moral or ethical. I'm a favoritist, I favor myself and my loved ones but I can't morally justify it. And I don't believe in free will, I don't believe two wrongs make a right, and I believe in the separateness of persons and consciousness to the extend that I don't aggregate pleasure or pain between individuals, I don't aggregate the philosophical utilitiarian sense of "utility".
Intentions matter and malice matters, those things are what cause an awful lot of horrible pain, suffering and death in the world. But even when the intentions are seemingly morally justified through self-defense--and something I would do myself--or are otherwise good, at the end of the day consequences that leave to death or suffering in the long run--as opposed to the short run because of course, suffering a bit to undergo a medicial Doctor's procedure, for instance, is necessary suffering, I'm talking about unnecessary long term suffering--is still death or suffering in the long run.
I can't justify morally or ethically a lot of how I live my life personally. Like, in a sense I feel being a pescetarian would be morally and ethically superior than if I eat all meats as I do (although I don't think vegetarianism or veganism is necessary morally or ethically), but personally I find it undesirable to give up eating meat. I want to try to be a good person and maintain the goodness I already have as a person, I don't try to be perfect.
Intentions matter and malice matters, those things are what cause an awful lot of horrible pain, suffering and death in the world. But even when the intentions are seemingly morally justified through self-defense--and something I would do myself--or are otherwise good, at the end of the day consequences that leave to death or suffering in the long run--as opposed to the short run because of course, suffering a bit to undergo a medicial Doctor's procedure, for instance, is necessary suffering, I'm talking about unnecessary long term suffering--is still death or suffering in the long run.
I can't justify morally or ethically a lot of how I live my life personally. Like, in a sense I feel being a pescetarian would be morally and ethically superior than if I eat all meats as I do (although I don't think vegetarianism or veganism is necessary morally or ethically), but personally I find it undesirable to give up eating meat. I want to try to be a good person and maintain the goodness I already have as a person, I don't try to be perfect.
