Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: February 24, 2025, 9:59 am
Atheist Forums › Community › Philosophy v
So how much should we concern ourselves with morality? How much is enough?

Poll: How moral is moral enough?
This poll is closed.
It is enough that a person is pro-socially oriented with a well developed capacity for empathy which places a very high priority on not harming others in a manner one would not welcome if the positions were reversed.
100.00%
 4 100.00%
In addition to the above, a person should articulate a moral hierarchy of concerns and strive never to act toward others in a manner inconsistent with that system, or else feel a well deserved sense of failure.
0%
 0 0%
In addition to the above, that system should to some degree prescribe actions taken to benefit others .. not merely avoid harming them.
0%
 0 0%
In addition to all of the above, acting in a manner consistent with ones moral system should at all times be the most important consideration in ones life.
0%
 0 0%
Total 4 vote(s) 100%
* You voted for this item. [Show Results]

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
So how much should we concern ourselves with morality? How much is enough?
bennyboy Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: agnostic
Posts: 9147
Threads: 83
Joined: May 22, 2013
Reputation: 45
#8
RE: So how much should we concern ourselves with morality? How much is enough?
July 16, 2017 at 7:12 pm
The question is paradoxical. I'm only concerned with morality if it's in my nature to be so.

The answer is: we should be concerned with morality as I want us to be-- not more, not less.
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Philosophy v
So how much should we concern ourselves with morality? How much is enough?

Messages In This Thread
RE: So how much should we concern ourselves with morality? How much is enough? - by bennyboy - July 16, 2017 at 7:12 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Beauty, Morality, God, and a Table FrustratedFool 23 3601 October 8, 2023 at 1:35 pm
Last Post: LinuxGal
  Is Moral Nihilism a Morality? vulcanlogician 140 16558 July 17, 2019 at 11:50 am
Last Post: DLJ
  Subjective Morality? mfigurski80 450 58173 January 13, 2019 at 8:40 am
Last Post: Acrobat
  Law versus morality robvalue 16 1886 September 2, 2018 at 7:39 am
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Objective morality: how would it affect your judgement/actions? robvalue 42 10130 May 5, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Last Post: SaStrike
  dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality Mystic 18 4449 May 3, 2018 at 10:28 am
Last Post: LastPoet
  Can somebody give me a good argument in favor of objective morality? Aegon 19 5347 March 14, 2018 at 6:42 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  The Ultimate Value and the signs of it in ourselves. Mystic 210 34921 November 18, 2017 at 7:10 pm
Last Post: Mystic
  Morality WinterHold 24 4228 November 1, 2017 at 1:36 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  What is morality? Mystic 48 9200 September 3, 2017 at 2:20 pm
Last Post: Edwardo Piet



Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)