(March 27, 2018 at 12:32 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:Personality and intelligence from most frameworks have both value and moral praise.(March 27, 2018 at 12:25 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Love values personality and intelligence as more beautiful than body beauty? Agree or disagree?
In this case, immaterial soul would not be a physical thing as well, it would be a program like a software generated by a material thing, would it not?
We were just talking about this in the other thread. Sentience is a good measure for moral regard. You can bang a rock against a wall (because a rock doesn't feel pain). That would be morally permissible.
It is not morally permissible to bang another person's head against a wall. Why? Because it would hurt them.
If we went by personality and intelligence, it might be morally permissible to take a severely mentally retarded person and bang his/her head against a wall, even though it would still hurt them. That doesn't sound right, does it?
Therefore, regardless of what "love values," intelligence and personality are not matters for consideration when when speaking of moral responsibility.
Intelligence is a requirement for morality in my view point for those able to acquire it, because without it, a person acts unwisely and causes harm with non-malice intentions. He becomes a fool.
Intelligence however is not how fast your brain thinks, it's how wisely you act and how truthful you are in accepting knowledge and gaining it, and perceiving and reflecting deeply. Although all that increases "the fastness" of your brain as well.
