(October 7, 2018 at 9:12 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(October 7, 2018 at 6:03 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: So then might makes right? It’s all about who wins, and has more power, and the others are immoral?
I don’t think that being moral is about making the most people happy. It also seems that we appeal to morality, even when it makes a large group of people unhappy. What do you think about the number of people here, who seem to want to make Christians unhappy..., are they immoral?
Power doesn't always devolve into physical might. The power of persuasion is also very high. And, again, the vast majority of people prefer to live in situations where they don't have to fear that their government will come and kill them.
However power either way works in your ideology... correct? What about the minority views, which don’t have such power. Is it moral to suppress their views?
I also asked if the ends justify the means. It seems that your view only has the end calculus involved, what about the individual. Do their rights and happiness get negated by the group? Could those who are an overall drain on society be justifiably ellinated or perhaps enslaved?
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