RE: The Universal Moral Code
October 21, 2017 at 12:27 pm
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2017 at 12:35 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 21, 2017 at 11:36 am)Aroura Wrote:Not by OP's system or comments. The OP claims these rules for non-sentient non consenting objects "because we're all made of stuff".(October 21, 2017 at 8:33 am)Khemikal Wrote: Does the wheat consent? Is it going to karmicly enslave you for eating it? What's the moral significance of bread?The wheat doesn’t chose to participate, and thereby becomes exempt. All beings that cannot understand the OP moral code fall into the second category, so it is no less ne’er morally wrong to harm them.
Quote:I guess? I wondered exactly the same when I read the op. Life feeds on life. No getting around it.Most of us call that a "necessary evil", eh...and engaging in necessary evil doesn't justify some evil being thrust upon us in retribution.
It’s a nice idea, but utterly impossible. Tigers eat meat. Even if we wish not to impose ourselves on the tiger, it must impose itself on the water buffaloes. Circle of love from and all that.
I'm sympathetic to the idea of a universal or objective moral code..but if there is one...the OP hasn't even remotely approached it.
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