RE: Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality?
May 9, 2016 at 4:26 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2016 at 4:34 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(May 9, 2016 at 2:23 pm)Losty Wrote:(May 9, 2016 at 2:11 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: And what do you think rights and responsibilities are about?
Rights are about having rights. Responsibilities are about being responsible for not infringing on other people's rights. It's really that simple. It's not immoral to drive really fast but it does infringe on someone else's right to be reasonably safe while driving.
Quote:Rights are about having rights.That's tautological.
Quote: Responsibilities are about being responsible for not infringing on other people's rights.That's tautological as well.
There's a reason a dictionary doesn't define an idiot as someone who's being an idiot.
Rights and responsabilities are of the moral sphere. Now, excuse me if I don't build a philosophy around something so obvious just to explain it to a bunch of rebellious internet users who want to win an unwinnable argument.
Quote:It's really that simple.It is when you're a simpleton.
Quote:It's not immoral to drive really fast but it does infringe on someone else's right to be reasonably safe while driving.If you don't cause a fatal accident it's not, but if you do, it is.
Every society has a moral code. If you break that code and you get caught, you're punished. That fact doesn't change regardless of whether you deny it or embrace it. That doesn't mean it's a perfect code or even a good one, all it means is it's what we've got, and we've got to either help improve it, do nothing, or simply deny it's existence while at the same time living under its influence and presumably also abiding by it most of the time.
