My central moral rules are to Think and to Care.
That means you have a duty to know the likely consequences of your actions and to care about how those actions affect others. It means you are morally bound to learn how the world works and to help those in need.
Why is suffering bad? Do you really need to ask that question? Do *you* like suffering? Well, neither does anyone else.
Generally speaking, the golden rule and its variants are a good starting point for figuring out how to act.
Now, I don't consider morality to be 'objective'. I don't expect that there will ever be a scientific measure of morality or that people will ever completely agree about moral questions. But if you actively think and care about your actions and their effects on others, you are, in my opinion, 90% of the way to being a good person. The other 10% comes from practice and more learning and more caring.
That means you have a duty to know the likely consequences of your actions and to care about how those actions affect others. It means you are morally bound to learn how the world works and to help those in need.
Why is suffering bad? Do you really need to ask that question? Do *you* like suffering? Well, neither does anyone else.
Generally speaking, the golden rule and its variants are a good starting point for figuring out how to act.
Now, I don't consider morality to be 'objective'. I don't expect that there will ever be a scientific measure of morality or that people will ever completely agree about moral questions. But if you actively think and care about your actions and their effects on others, you are, in my opinion, 90% of the way to being a good person. The other 10% comes from practice and more learning and more caring.
